diff --git a/src/cmake/cpu.cmake b/src/cmake/cpu.cmake
index 37bc24c..b3f9f0e 100644
--- a/src/cmake/cpu.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/cpu.cmake
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@
   if(compiler_flag_march_haswell)
     list(APPEND MARCH_VARIANTS "hsw\;-march=haswell -mtune=haswell")
   endif()
+  check_c_compiler_flag("-march=tremont" compiler_flag_march_tremont)
+  if(compiler_flag_march_tremont)
+    list(APPEND MARCH_VARIANTS "trm\;-march=tremont -mtune=tremont")
+  endif()
   if (GNU_ASSEMBLER_AVX512_BUG)
      message(WARNING "AVX-512 multiarch variant(s) disabled due to GNU Assembler bug")
   else()
diff --git a/src/plugins/avf/avf.h b/src/plugins/avf/avf.h
index b3fcc25..23cc36c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/avf/avf.h
+++ b/src/plugins/avf/avf.h
@@ -373,6 +373,17 @@
   asm volatile ("":::"memory");
 }
 
+static inline void
+avf_tail_write (volatile u32 *addr, u32 val)
+{
+#ifdef __MOVDIRI__
+  _mm_sfence ();
+  _directstoreu_u32 ((void *) addr, val);
+#else
+  clib_atomic_store_rel_n (addr, val);
+#endif
+}
+
 static_always_inline int
 avf_rxd_is_not_eop (avf_rx_desc_t * d)
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/avf/input.c b/src/plugins/avf/input.c
index 5041f6e..221b54b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/avf/input.c
+++ b/src/plugins/avf/input.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
       n_alloc -= 8;
     }
 
-  clib_atomic_store_rel_n (rxq->qrx_tail, slot);
+  avf_tail_write (rxq->qrx_tail, slot);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/avf/output.c b/src/plugins/avf/output.c
index 952d151..c53fc42 100644
--- a/src/plugins/avf/output.c
+++ b/src/plugins/avf/output.c
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
     }
 
   txq->next = next & mask;
-  clib_atomic_store_rel_n (txq->qtx_tail, txq->next);
+  avf_tail_write (txq->qtx_tail, txq->next);
   txq->n_enqueued += n_desc;
   return n_packets - n_packets_left;
 }
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/cpu.h b/src/vppinfra/cpu.h
index 750b393..6a81218 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/cpu.h
+++ b/src/vppinfra/cpu.h
@@ -114,29 +114,30 @@
 clib_march_fn_registration *fn##_march_fn_registrations = 0; \
 _CLIB_MARCH_FN_REGISTRATION(fn)
 #endif
-#define foreach_x86_64_flags \
-_ (sse3,     1, ecx, 0)   \
-_ (pclmulqdq, 1, ecx, 1)  \
-_ (ssse3,    1, ecx, 9)   \
-_ (sse41,    1, ecx, 19)  \
-_ (sse42,    1, ecx, 20)  \
-_ (avx,      1, ecx, 28)  \
-_ (rdrand,   1, ecx, 30)  \
-_ (avx2,     7, ebx, 5)   \
-_ (rtm,      7, ebx, 11)  \
-_ (pqm,      7, ebx, 12)  \
-_ (pqe,      7, ebx, 15)  \
-_ (avx512f,  7, ebx, 16)  \
-_ (rdseed,   7, ebx, 18)  \
-_ (x86_aes,  1, ecx, 25)  \
-_ (sha,      7, ebx, 29)  \
-_ (vaes,     7, ecx, 9)   \
-_ (vpclmulqdq, 7, ecx, 10)   \
-_ (avx512_vnni, 7, ecx, 11)   \
-_ (avx512_bitalg, 7, ecx, 12)   \
-_ (avx512_vpopcntdq, 7, ecx, 14)   \
-_ (invariant_tsc, 0x80000007, edx, 8)
-
+#define foreach_x86_64_flags                                                  \
+  _ (sse3, 1, ecx, 0)                                                         \
+  _ (pclmulqdq, 1, ecx, 1)                                                    \
+  _ (ssse3, 1, ecx, 9)                                                        \
+  _ (sse41, 1, ecx, 19)                                                       \
+  _ (sse42, 1, ecx, 20)                                                       \
+  _ (avx, 1, ecx, 28)                                                         \
+  _ (rdrand, 1, ecx, 30)                                                      \
+  _ (avx2, 7, ebx, 5)                                                         \
+  _ (rtm, 7, ebx, 11)                                                         \
+  _ (pqm, 7, ebx, 12)                                                         \
+  _ (pqe, 7, ebx, 15)                                                         \
+  _ (avx512f, 7, ebx, 16)                                                     \
+  _ (rdseed, 7, ebx, 18)                                                      \
+  _ (x86_aes, 1, ecx, 25)                                                     \
+  _ (sha, 7, ebx, 29)                                                         \
+  _ (vaes, 7, ecx, 9)                                                         \
+  _ (vpclmulqdq, 7, ecx, 10)                                                  \
+  _ (avx512_vnni, 7, ecx, 11)                                                 \
+  _ (avx512_bitalg, 7, ecx, 12)                                               \
+  _ (avx512_vpopcntdq, 7, ecx, 14)                                            \
+  _ (movdiri, 7, ecx, 27)                                                     \
+  _ (movdir64b, 7, ecx, 28)                                                   \
+  _ (invariant_tsc, 0x80000007, edx, 8)
 
 #define foreach_aarch64_flags \
 _ (fp,          0) \
@@ -264,6 +265,14 @@
 }
 
 static inline int
+clib_cpu_march_priority_trm ()
+{
+  if (clib_cpu_supports_movdiri ())
+    return 60;
+  return -1;
+}
+
+static inline int
 clib_cpu_march_priority_hsw ()
 {
   if (clib_cpu_supports_avx2 ())