diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c b/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c
index 596d645..953a2ed 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c
+++ b/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <rte_string_fns.h>
 #include <rte_timer.h>
 #include <rte_power.h>
+#include <rte_power_empty_poll.h>
 #include <rte_spinlock.h>
 
 #define RTE_LOGTYPE_L3FWD_POWER RTE_LOGTYPE_USER1
@@ -129,6 +130,9 @@ static uint32_t enabled_port_mask = 0;
 static int promiscuous_on = 0;
 /* NUMA is enabled by default. */
 static int numa_on = 1;
+/* emptypoll is disabled by default. */
+static bool empty_poll_on;
+volatile bool empty_poll_stop;
 static int parse_ptype; /**< Parse packet type using rx callback, and */
 			/**< disabled by default */
 
@@ -336,6 +340,10 @@ static inline uint32_t power_idle_heuristic(uint32_t zero_rx_packet_count);
 static inline enum freq_scale_hint_t power_freq_scaleup_heuristic( \
 		unsigned int lcore_id, uint16_t port_id, uint16_t queue_id);
 
+static int is_done(void)
+{
+	return empty_poll_stop;
+}
 /* exit signal handler */
 static void
 signal_exit_now(int sigtype)
@@ -344,7 +352,15 @@ signal_exit_now(int sigtype)
 	unsigned int portid;
 	int ret;
 
+	RTE_SET_USED(lcore_id);
+	RTE_SET_USED(portid);
+	RTE_SET_USED(ret);
+
 	if (sigtype == SIGINT) {
+		if (empty_poll_on)
+			empty_poll_stop = true;
+
+
 		for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE; lcore_id++) {
 			if (rte_lcore_is_enabled(lcore_id) == 0)
 				continue;
@@ -353,20 +369,23 @@ signal_exit_now(int sigtype)
 			ret = rte_power_exit(lcore_id);
 			if (ret)
 				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Power management "
-					"library de-initialization failed on "
-							"core%u\n", lcore_id);
+						"library de-initialization failed on "
+						"core%u\n", lcore_id);
 		}
 
-		RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(portid) {
-			if ((enabled_port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0)
-				continue;
+		if (!empty_poll_on) {
+			RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(portid) {
+				if ((enabled_port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0)
+					continue;
 
-			rte_eth_dev_stop(portid);
-			rte_eth_dev_close(portid);
+				rte_eth_dev_stop(portid);
+				rte_eth_dev_close(portid);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	rte_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS, "User forced exit\n");
+	if (!empty_poll_on)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS, "User forced exit\n");
 }
 
 /*  Freqency scale down timer callback */
@@ -831,6 +850,107 @@ static int event_register(struct lcore_conf *qconf)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+/* main processing loop */
+static int
+main_empty_poll_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *dummy)
+{
+	struct rte_mbuf *pkts_burst[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	unsigned int lcore_id;
+	uint64_t prev_tsc, diff_tsc, cur_tsc;
+	int i, j, nb_rx;
+	uint8_t queueid;
+	uint16_t portid;
+	struct lcore_conf *qconf;
+	struct lcore_rx_queue *rx_queue;
+
+	const uint64_t drain_tsc =
+		(rte_get_tsc_hz() + US_PER_S - 1) / US_PER_S * BURST_TX_DRAIN_US;
+
+	prev_tsc = 0;
+
+	lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
+	qconf = &lcore_conf[lcore_id];
+
+	if (qconf->n_rx_queue == 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, L3FWD_POWER, "lcore %u has nothing to do\n", lcore_id);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < qconf->n_rx_queue; i++) {
+		portid = qconf->rx_queue_list[i].port_id;
+		queueid = qconf->rx_queue_list[i].queue_id;
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, L3FWD_POWER, " -- lcoreid=%u portid=%u "
+				"rxqueueid=%hhu\n", lcore_id, portid, queueid);
+	}
+
+	while (!is_done()) {
+		stats[lcore_id].nb_iteration_looped++;
+
+		cur_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
+		/*
+		 * TX burst queue drain
+		 */
+		diff_tsc = cur_tsc - prev_tsc;
+		if (unlikely(diff_tsc > drain_tsc)) {
+			for (i = 0; i < qconf->n_tx_port; ++i) {
+				portid = qconf->tx_port_id[i];
+				rte_eth_tx_buffer_flush(portid,
+						qconf->tx_queue_id[portid],
+						qconf->tx_buffer[portid]);
+			}
+			prev_tsc = cur_tsc;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Read packet from RX queues
+		 */
+		for (i = 0; i < qconf->n_rx_queue; ++i) {
+			rx_queue = &(qconf->rx_queue_list[i]);
+			rx_queue->idle_hint = 0;
+			portid = rx_queue->port_id;
+			queueid = rx_queue->queue_id;
+
+			nb_rx = rte_eth_rx_burst(portid, queueid, pkts_burst,
+					MAX_PKT_BURST);
+
+			stats[lcore_id].nb_rx_processed += nb_rx;
+
+			if (nb_rx == 0) {
+
+				rte_power_empty_poll_stat_update(lcore_id);
+
+				continue;
+			} else {
+				rte_power_poll_stat_update(lcore_id, nb_rx);
+			}
+
+
+			/* Prefetch first packets */
+			for (j = 0; j < PREFETCH_OFFSET && j < nb_rx; j++) {
+				rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(
+							pkts_burst[j], void *));
+			}
+
+			/* Prefetch and forward already prefetched packets */
+			for (j = 0; j < (nb_rx - PREFETCH_OFFSET); j++) {
+				rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkts_burst[
+							j + PREFETCH_OFFSET], void *));
+				l3fwd_simple_forward(pkts_burst[j], portid,
+						qconf);
+			}
+
+			/* Forward remaining prefetched packets */
+			for (; j < nb_rx; j++) {
+				l3fwd_simple_forward(pkts_burst[j], portid,
+						qconf);
+			}
+
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
 
 /* main processing loop */
 static int
@@ -1128,7 +1248,8 @@ print_usage(const char *prgname)
 		"  --no-numa: optional, disable numa awareness\n"
 		"  --enable-jumbo: enable jumbo frame"
 		" which max packet len is PKTLEN in decimal (64-9600)\n"
-		"  --parse-ptype: parse packet type by software\n",
+		"  --parse-ptype: parse packet type by software\n"
+		"  --empty=poll: enable empty poll detection\n",
 		prgname);
 }
 
@@ -1231,10 +1352,12 @@ parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 	int opt, ret;
 	char **argvopt;
 	int option_index;
+	uint32_t limit;
 	char *prgname = argv[0];
 	static struct option lgopts[] = {
 		{"config", 1, 0, 0},
 		{"no-numa", 0, 0, 0},
+		{"empty-poll", 0, 0, 0},
 		{"enable-jumbo", 0, 0, 0},
 		{CMD_LINE_OPT_PARSE_PTYPE, 0, 0, 0},
 		{NULL, 0, 0, 0}
@@ -1259,7 +1382,18 @@ parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 			printf("Promiscuous mode selected\n");
 			promiscuous_on = 1;
 			break;
-
+		case 'l':
+			limit = parse_portmask(optarg);
+			rte_power_empty_poll_set_freq(LOW, limit);
+			break;
+		case 'm':
+			limit = parse_portmask(optarg);
+			rte_power_empty_poll_set_freq(MED, limit);
+			break;
+		case 'h':
+			limit = parse_portmask(optarg);
+			rte_power_empty_poll_set_freq(HGH, limit);
+			break;
 		/* long options */
 		case 0:
 			if (!strncmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "config", 6)) {
@@ -1278,6 +1412,12 @@ parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 
 			if (!strncmp(lgopts[option_index].name,
+						"empty-poll", 10)) {
+				printf("empty-poll is enabled\n");
+				empty_poll_on = true;
+			}
+
+			if (!strncmp(lgopts[option_index].name,
 					"enable-jumbo", 12)) {
 				struct option lenopts =
 					{"max-pkt-len", required_argument, \
@@ -1609,6 +1749,41 @@ static int check_ptype(uint16_t portid)
 
 }
 
+static int
+launch_timer(unsigned int lcore_id)
+{
+	int64_t prev_tsc = 0, cur_tsc, diff_tsc, cycles_10ms;
+
+	RTE_SET_USED(lcore_id);
+
+
+	if (rte_get_master_lcore() != lcore_id) {
+		rte_panic("timer on lcore:%d which is not master core:%d\n",
+				lcore_id,
+				rte_get_master_lcore());
+	}
+
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, POWER, "Bring up the Timer\n");
+
+	rte_power_empty_poll_setup_timer();
+
+	cycles_10ms = rte_get_timer_hz() / 100;
+
+	while (!is_done()) {
+		cur_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
+		diff_tsc = cur_tsc - prev_tsc;
+		if (diff_tsc > cycles_10ms) {
+			rte_timer_manage();
+			prev_tsc = cur_tsc;
+			cycles_10ms = rte_get_timer_hz() / 100;
+		}
+	}
+
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, POWER, "Timer_subsystem is done\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -1693,6 +1868,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (dev_info.tx_offload_capa & DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE)
 			local_port_conf.txmode.offloads |=
 				DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE;
+
+		local_port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf &=
+			dev_info.flow_type_rss_offloads;
+
 		ret = rte_eth_dev_configure(portid, nb_rx_queue,
 					(uint16_t)n_tx_queue, &local_port_conf);
 		if (ret < 0)
@@ -1780,14 +1959,15 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				"Library initialization failed on core %u\n", lcore_id);
 
 		/* init timer structures for each enabled lcore */
-		rte_timer_init(&power_timers[lcore_id]);
-		hz = rte_get_timer_hz();
-		rte_timer_reset(&power_timers[lcore_id],
-			hz/TIMER_NUMBER_PER_SECOND, SINGLE, lcore_id,
-						power_timer_cb, NULL);
-
+		if (empty_poll_on == false) {
+			rte_timer_init(&power_timers[lcore_id]);
+			hz = rte_get_timer_hz();
+			rte_timer_reset(&power_timers[lcore_id],
+					hz/TIMER_NUMBER_PER_SECOND, SINGLE, lcore_id,
+					power_timer_cb, NULL);
+		}
 		qconf = &lcore_conf[lcore_id];
-		printf("\nInitializing rx queues on lcore %u ... ", lcore_id );
+		printf("\nInitializing rx queues on lcore %u ...\n", lcore_id);
 		fflush(stdout);
 		/* init RX queues */
 		for(queue = 0; queue < qconf->n_rx_queue; ++queue) {
@@ -1856,12 +2036,28 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	check_all_ports_link_status(enabled_port_mask);
 
+	if (empty_poll_on == true)
+		rte_power_empty_poll_stat_init();
+
+
 	/* launch per-lcore init on every lcore */
-	rte_eal_mp_remote_launch(main_loop, NULL, CALL_MASTER);
+	if (empty_poll_on == false) {
+		rte_eal_mp_remote_launch(main_loop, NULL, CALL_MASTER);
+	} else {
+		empty_poll_stop = false;
+		rte_eal_mp_remote_launch(main_empty_poll_loop, NULL, SKIP_MASTER);
+	}
+
+	if (empty_poll_on == true)
+		launch_timer(rte_lcore_id());
+
 	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE(lcore_id) {
 		if (rte_eal_wait_lcore(lcore_id) < 0)
 			return -1;
 	}
 
+	if (empty_poll_on)
+		rte_power_empty_poll_stat_free();
+
 	return 0;
 }
