[spp] DPDK v18.08 support

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 8/23/2018 2:58 AM, Yasufumi Ogawa wrote:
>> Hi Yasufumi,
>>
>> I am sure you already aware but for the record for mail list, latest spp doesn't
>> compile with latest DPDK v18.08 release because of some deprecated fields and APIs.
>>
>> Do you guys already have a plan for the DPDK v18.08 support?
> Hi Ferruh,
> 
> Yes. I should replace deprecated rte_eth_dev_attach/detach() with rte_eal_hotplug_add/remove(). I have learned how to use this 
> new APIs and will send patches to make the changes.
> 
> At first, I would like to add 'CFLAGS += -Wno-deprecated-declarations' option to avoid the problem similar to DPDK, then change 
> to new APIs.

That would work but I am not sure how good idea it is.
Deprecated deprecation is notify you to update your application, I think we
shouldn't suppress these warnings.

> 
> Thanks,
> Yasufumi
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> ferruh
>>
>