[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce API change for rte_ether.h

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Mon Dec 14 15:54:06 CET 2015


2015-12-10 15:27, Stephen Hemminger:
> Plan to change to <net/ethernet.h> version of struct ether_addr in
> DPDK 2.3. The change in DPDK source is trivial but it will impact
> source compatablilty therefore notification is necessary.
[...]
> +* librte_ether: The structure ether_addr in DPDK will be replaced
> +  by using the standard header file <net/ethernet.h>. The structure
> +  size will be the same (no ABI impact), but the structure field name
> +  will change from addr_bytes[] to ether_addr_octet[].


Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>

Any other votes for this API cleanup?



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