[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6] checkpatches.sh: Add checks for ABI symbol addition

[Thomas Monjalon]

27/05/2018 23:00, Neil Horman:
> On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 09:34:13PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > Hi Neil,
> > 
> > Sorry, this patch has been forgotten during the whole release cycle.
> > 
> Its ok, though that is frustrating, as we now need to re-familiarize ourselves
> with how this patch works.

I understand and apologize.

> > I see an issue about the dependency on filterdiff.
> > Is there a way to avoid it?
> > 
> I suppose, but to do so would require some awk magic.  Is there any advantage to
> having an awk dependency rather than a filterdiff dependency?  filterdiff is a
> pretty universal tool.

filterdiff is not installed on my machine.
I guess it is the same for a lot of people.

I will check how we can replace it.

[...]
> Fine, at this point, I don't know when I'll get to this though, its pretty busy
> here at the moment.

This delay is my fault, and I want to help.
If I find a good solution, do you accept I send a version 7 of this patch?