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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] pci: fix non-Intel devices probing
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I agree with Thomas, the check is not needed.
After this all settles out, I have a patch to add support for I/O
resource tracking in base DPDK. It makes it easier to do the right
thing in drivers that need to use I/O instead of memory.