From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga07.intel.com (mga07.intel.com [134.134.136.100]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB6C7388F for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 11:10:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from orsmga004.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.38]) by orsmga105.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 12 Apr 2017 02:10:20 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.37,189,1488873600"; d="scan'208";a="76475217" Received: from dpdk6.bj.intel.com ([172.16.182.81]) by orsmga004.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 12 Apr 2017 02:10:17 -0700 From: Wei Dai To: dev@dpdk.org, thomas.monjalon@6wind.com, harish.patil@cavium.com, rasesh.mody@cavium.com, stephen.hurd@broadcom.com, ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com, wenzhuo.lu@intel.com, helin.zhang@intel.com, konstantin.ananyev@intel.com, jingjing.wu@intel.com, jing.d.chen@intel.com, adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com, nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com, bruce.richardson@intel.com, yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com, maxime.coquelin@redhat.com Cc: Wei Dai Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:02:25 +0800 Message-Id: <1491987746-10155-3-git-send-email-wei.dai@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1491987746-10155-1-git-send-email-wei.dai@intel.com> References: <1491987746-10155-1-git-send-email-wei.dai@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/3] doc: change type of return value of adding MAC addr X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 09:10:22 -0000 Add following lines in section of API change in release note. If a MAC address fails to be added without this change, it is still stored and may be regarded as a valid one. This may lead to errors in application. The type of return value of eth_mac_addr_add_t in rte_ethdev.h is changed. Any specific NIC also follows this change. Signed-off-by: Wei Dai --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst index aa3e1e0..b3aac0c 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst @@ -408,6 +408,12 @@ ABI Changes The order and size of the fields in the ``mbuf`` structure changed, as described in the `New Features`_ section. +* **Return if the MAC address is added successfully or not.** + + If a MAC address fails to be added without this change, it is still stored + and may be regarded as a valid one. This may lead to errors in application. + The type of return value of eth_mac_addr_add_t in rte_ethdev.h is changed. + Any specific NIC also follows this change. Removed Items ------------- -- 2.7.4