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doc: add reference to virtio-user from KNI guide

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To help encourage use of virtio-user in place of KNI, put a reference to
the relevant howto section at the top of the KNI doc.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
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Kernel NIC Interface Kernel NIC Interface
==================== ====================
.. note::
For an alternative to KNI, that does not require any out-of-tree Linux kernel modules,
or a custom library, see :ref:`virtio_user_as_exception_path`.
The DPDK Kernel NIC Interface (KNI) allows userspace applications access to the Linux* control plane. The DPDK Kernel NIC Interface (KNI) allows userspace applications access to the Linux* control plane.
The benefits of using the DPDK KNI are: The benefits of using the DPDK KNI are: