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From: Antonio Di Bacco <a.dibacco.ks@gmail.com>
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Subject: Can I use main lcore as a worker core?
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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.