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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/3] doc: change type of return value of
	adding MAC addr
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05/05/2017 02:40, Wei Dai:
> 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 <wei.dai@intel.com>
> Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

This patch is rejected because it is neither an API nor an ABI change.