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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] IGB_UIO port unbinding
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Hi,

2014-04-10 21:34, Prashant Upadhyaya:
> There was a usecase with ESXi VMXNET3 NIC where I had to use this parameter
> set to Y to make it work. So kindly ensure that the initialization of
> vmxnet3 NIC is not vulnerable.

This issue is fixed by this commit:
	http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=18f02ff75949de9c2468

So it's not a blocker for removing RTE_EAL_UNBIND_PORTS.

-- 
Thomas