Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/6] query hash key size in byte

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>]

> > As different hardware has different hash key sizes, querying it (in byte)
> > per port was asked by users. Otherwise there is no convenient way to know
> > the size of hash key which should be prepared.
> > 
> > v2 changes:
> > * Disabled the code changes by default, to avoid breaking ABI compatibility.
> > 
> > v3 changes:
> > * Moved the newly added element right after 'uint16_t reta_size', where it
> >   was a padding. So it will not break any ABI compatibility, and no need to
> >   disable the code changes by default.
> > 
> > Helin Zhang (6):
> >   ethdev: add an field for querying hash key size
> >   e1000: fill the hash key size
> >   fm10k: fill the hash key size
> >   i40e: fill the hash key size
> >   ixgbe: fill the hash key size
> >   app/testpmd: show the hash key size
> 
> Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>

Applied, thanks

It is assumed that inserting a new field in a padding alignment won't break
the ABI.