If that is what you wanted, then create 2 lcore on first physical core. --lcores (0-1)@0,2@1,3@2,4@3 in short, you are running lcore 0,1 in physical-core 0, lcore 2 in physical-core 1, etc., Thanks, *-Rajesh* On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM Antonio Di Bacco wrote: > When I instantiate a process with 4 cores, I have 3 worker cores and > one main lcore. > > I'm wasting an isolated core (the main lcore) to do nothing. > > I want to overcome this and use also the main lcore. > > Best regards, > Anna. >