[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/6] ethdev: extend struct to support flow director in VFs

[Wu, Jingjing]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2015 12:45 AM
> To: Wu, Jingjing
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; neil.horman at tuxdriver.com
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/6] ethdev: extend struct to support flow
> director in VFs
> 
> 2015-05-11 11:46, Jingjing Wu:
> > This patch extends struct rte_eth_fdir_flow_ext to support flow
> > director in VFs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jingjing Wu <jingjing.wu at intel.com>
> 
> > --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_eth_ctrl.h
> > +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_eth_ctrl.h
> > @@ -394,6 +394,8 @@ struct rte_eth_fdir_flow_ext {
> >  	uint16_t vlan_tci;
> >  	uint8_t flexbytes[RTE_ETH_FDIR_MAX_FLEXLEN];
> >  	/**< It is filled by the flexible payload to match. */
> > +	uint8_t is_vf;   /**< 1 for VF, 0 for port dev */
> > +	uint16_t dst_id; /**< VF ID, available when is_vf is 1*/
> >  };
> 
> Isn't it breaking the ABI?

Yes, it is breaking the ABI. Will consider how to avoid that.

Thanks
Jingjing