--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+##############################################################################
+## Copyright (c) 2015 Intel Corp.
+##
+## All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+## are made available under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0
+## which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+## http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+###############################################################################
+
+set_irq_affinity () {
+ for irq in /proc/irq/* ; do
+ echo 0 > /proc/irq/${1}/smp_affinity_list
+ done
+}
+
+# Disable watchdogs to reduce overhead
+echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/watchdog
+echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog
+
+# Route device interrupts to non-RT CPU
+set_irq_affinity
+
+# Disable RT throttling
+echo -1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_period_us
+echo -1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us