[dpdk-users] Redundant struct ether_addr

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 20:06:43 +0000
"Tran (US), Katherine K" <katherine.k.tran at boeing.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am running into an issue of a redundant struct name. Apparently, 'struct ether_addr' is redefined in DPDK (rte_ether.h). The previous definition of ether_addr is from one of the included core network API files (netinet/if_ether.h).
> 
> How should I proceed with this compile error? Shouldn't DPDK have its own userspace?
> 
> Regards,
> Katherine

Already fixed in 19.08.
With earlier versions of DPDK, it is possible to cross headers since the binary layout
is the same but it requires lots of unnecessary pain.