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From: Vincent JARDIN <vincent.jardin@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: DPDK User Space: Session onUseability and Ease of Use
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 15:21:34 +0200
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On 13/10/2015 18:36, Mcnamara, John wrote:
> * Should DPDK applications be running as root
>
>    - Clearly not a great option.
>
>    - Currently required due to kernel.

It is not 100% accurate. With some systems, it shall be possible to run 
DPDK application without running them as root.

It was commented that there is a solution when PMDs are designed 
differently (verbs API => memory registration of users). Moreover, it 
would ease the cleanup of resources when a DPDK application does a segfault.