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From: Andrew Theurer <atheurer@redhat.com>
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Subject: [dpdk-users] Mellanox mlx5 PMD: is IOMMU used?
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My understanding is that the vfio-pci kernel module cannot be loaded for
Mellanox adapters, and the mlx5_core must stay loaded in the kernel.  Does
that mean there is no IOMMU used?

Thanks,

-Andrew