[dpdk-dev] [RFC] ethdev: add min/max MTU to device info

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Thu Sep 6 12:52:52 CEST 2018


On Thu, 6 Sep 2018 09:29:32 +0300
Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com> wrote:

> On 09/05/2018 07:41 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > This addresses the usability issue raised by OVS at DPDK Userspace
> > summit. It adds general min/max mtu into device info. For compatiablity,
> > and to save space, it fits in a hole in existing structure.  
> 
> It is true for amd64, but it looks like it is false on 32-bit. So, ABI 
> breakage.

Yes it is ABI change on 32 bit, but 18.11 is a major release where
this is allowed/expected.


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