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From: Vincent JARDIN <vincent.jardin-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: virtio merging - no UIO
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:22:44 +0100
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 From today's call, I'd like to highlight that virtio-net-pmd (said code 
B - from 6WIND) does not require UIO; it was required for some security 
reasons of the guest Linux OS:
   http://dpdk.org/browse/virtio-net-pmd/tree/virtio_user.c#n1494

Thank you,
   Vincent