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charset=\"us-ascii\"", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "7bit", "Errors-To": "ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org", "Sender": "\"dev\" <ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org>" }, "content": "Following various issues seen in deployments that involved mlx5 devices,\nhere is a proposal to disable DPDK initial device probing.\n\nChanging this as the default behavior should be fine as OVS relies on\nhotplugs for many years now.\nBut in case something gets broken, keep an option to restore the\noriginal behavior." }