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From: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 09:33:04 -0700

> I guess that's great for DPDK users, but I don't think it's good for
> linux.

Any use of a piece of hardware is fine with me, personally, as long
as adequate protections are in place.

If it's just a descriptor ring in software and a doorbell to trigger
a refetch of the head and tail pointers, with appropriate protection
and control of the memory attached to the ring, I don't see how I
could object to such a facility.