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From: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 06:24:28 -0500
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On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 03:48:54PM +0100, Vincent JARDIN wrote:
> On 01/12/2015 15:27, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> >The problem with that (unless I'm missing something here) is that KNI
> >requires using out-of-tree kernel modules which makes it pretty much a
> >non-option for distros.
> 
> It works fine with some distros. I do not think it should be an argument.
> 
Strictly speaking it _works_ fine with all distros.  The problem is that some
choose not to use out of tree modules, and that will limit dpdk's reach. which
is not what you want.

Neil