[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/5] ethdev: increase port_id range

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 9/25/2017 4:22 AM, Zhiyong Yang wrote:
> Extend port_id definition from uint8_t to uint16_t in lib and drivers
> data structures, specifically rte_eth_dev_data. Modify the APIs,
> drivers and app using port_id at the same time.
> 
> Fix some checkpatch issues from the original code and remove some
> unnecessary cast operations.
> 
> release_17_11 and deprecation have been updated in this patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhiyong Yang <zhiyong.yang at intel.com>
> Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>

Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>


This is very hard to be sure everything covered. Also this patch will
cause lots of merge conflict against next-net.

I would suggest getting this patch as soon as possible, to give more
time to possible fixes.

Thanks,
ferruh