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-        If you're at all curious about the best CPU pinning strategy for optimizing the latency vs. performance tradeoff, I recommend you check out [this discussion](https://www.redhat.com/archives/vfio-users/2017-February/msg00010.html).
+        If you're curious about the best CPU pinning strategy for optimizing the latency vs. performance tradeoff, I recommend you check out <a href="https://www.redhat.com/archives/vfio-users/2017-February/msg00010.html">this discussion</a>.
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