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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: IGB_UIO port unbinding
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:43:56 +0200
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Hi,

2014-04-10 21:34, Prashant Upadhyaya:
> There was a usecase with ESXi VMXNET3 NIC where I had to use this parameter
> set to Y to make it work. So kindly ensure that the initialization of
> vmxnet3 NIC is not vulnerable.

This issue is fixed by this commit:
	http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=18f02ff75949de9c2468

So it's not a blocker for removing RTE_EAL_UNBIND_PORTS.

-- 
Thomas