https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1901.10664/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22184491urn:hackerpapers:mention:1901.10664:22184491Wed, 29 Jan 2020 19:00:48 GMT<p>It&#x27;s possible to write a driver that doesn&#x27;t use polling - for example https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.10664.pdf which discusses using vfio though doing so is apparently much harder than polling alone due to the complexity of the vfio interface and that most users care more about maximizing PPS performance at peak vs saving CPU cycles when less busy. Presumably one other option would be to try and tune the CPU to run slower when less demand is expected, and only run at faster peak performance when absolutely required. Also, it sounds like you might want to look at pinning cores to workloads, such…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1901.10664/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.NIhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19263917urn:hackerpapers:submission:1901.10664:19263917Wed, 27 Feb 2019 15:46:10 GMT<p>Writing User Space Network Drivers</p><p></p><p>83 points; 3 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1901.10664/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.NI