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From: "Sujith Sankar (ssujith)" <ssujith-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Questions on use of multiple NIC interfaces
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:25:33 +0000
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Hi all,

Could someone answer the following questions about the usage of multiple NI=
C interfaces with DPDK?

1.  If my server has two identical Intel NICs, could I use both with DPDK a=
nd its applications?
2.  If both the NIC cards could be used with DPDK, could I use them with se=
parate instances of applications?  E.g., NIC1 used by App1 and NIC2 used by=
 App2.
3.  If answer to qn no 2 is yes, does the driver take care to avoid reiniti=
alising NIC1 when App2 tries to initialise NIC2?  From what I=92ve seen, DP=
DK calls the driver init for all the matching devices (vendor id and device=
 id).

Thanks,
-Sujith