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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
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Subject: [dpdk-dev] RFC - increasing the size of ethenet device name
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In order to support VMBUS, the ethernet device name needs to be increased.
What would be good timing; vmbus support will be in 17.11.
Either break ABI now, and vmbus won't have to do it later.
Or wait and make it part of of VMBUS patches?