[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: add notice for planned name size change

[Yongseok Koh]

> On Jul 6, 2017, at 8:07 AM, Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote:
> 
> VMBUS support will use GUID in eth_dev_data name field which requires
> at least 37 characters. Plan for increase in size now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> ---
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 2e708dbe0deb..d5b70c50064a 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
>   The non-"do-sig" versions of the hash tables will be removed
>   (including the ``signature_offset`` parameter)
>   and the "do-sig" versions renamed accordingly.
> +
> +* ethdev: An ABI change is planned for 17.11 for the structure eth_dev_data.
Isn't it better to use "``rte_eth_dev_data``"?

> +  The size of the unique name will increase RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN from 32 to
> +  64 characters to allow using a globally unique identifier (GUID) in this field.

Except for the small comment above,
Acked-by: Yongseok Koh <yskoh at mellanox.com>

Thanks,
Yongseok