[dpdk-dev] [RFC 3/3] doc: announce ABI change for filtering support

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Tue Dec 15 14:57:22 CET 2015


2015-12-15 19:21, Rahul Lakkireddy:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> On Tuesday, December 12/15/15, 2015 at 00:55:20 -0800, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 2015-12-15 14:10, Rahul Lakkireddy:
> > > Hi Thomas,
> > > 
> > > I am preparing a v2 of this series where I will be accomodating some
> > > more fields to be considered for filtering. However, if the overall
> > > approach seems ok to everyone then, should I submit a separate patch
> > > for this ABI change announcement ?
> > 
> > Yes, if this announce is not enough:
> > 	http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=648e6b3815a35
> > 
> 
> Apart from rte_eth_fdir_flow ABI change mentioned in above link, new
> fields will be added to rte_eth_ipv4_flow and rte_eth_ipv6_flow,
> which break their ABI.
> 
> Also, 4 new flow types will be added, which increases RTE_ETH_FLOW_MAX
> from 18 to 22 and breaks the ABI.
> 
> Should I send a separate ABI change announce patch for each of them?

Yes please send a patch (1 is enough).
You have less than 30 minutes :)


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