[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: replace rte_panic instances to return an error value

[Thomas Monjalon]

21/03/2018 00:04, Arnon Warshavsky:
> >
> > You are talking about API, and I agree the old applications can keep
> > considering the functions as void.
> > But I was talking about ABI, meaning: can we use an old application
> > without recompiling and update only the DPDK (in .so file)?
> >
> >
> > You are right of course. Once again I mixed the two..
> I will modify accordingly

I don't know what needs to be modified.
I think the first step is to clearly identified the different kind
of changes by splitting your patch.
Then we will decide how to integrate them.