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From: "TSADOK, Shlomi (Shlomi)" <shlomi.tsadok@alcatel-lucent.com>
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Hello

A quick general question:

Is there a requirement for using a specific NIC/Chipset for DPDK or any NIC=
 will do?

If there's such a requirement, why is that? Are the're any hardware optimiz=
ations etc. in DPDK enabled NICs?

Thanks

Shlomi