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- // Alternative Note for 1st Bullet when bad microcode Skx, Clx results are published
- note::
- L3fwd throughput drop in the current release in comparison to previous
- releases **on Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx and 2n-clx testbeds**: L3fwd
- performance test data shows lower performance and behaviour
- inconsistency of these systems following the recent upgrade of
- processor microcode packages (skx ucode 0x2000064, clx ucode
- 0x500002c) as part of updating Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kernel version.
- Tested VPP and DPDK applications (L3fwd) are affected. Skx and Clx
- test data will be corrected in subsequent maintenance report
- version(s) once the issue is resolved. See :ref:`vpp_known_issues`.
-