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>
> You are talking about API, and I agree the old applications can keep
> considering the functions as void.
> But I was talking about ABI, meaning: can we use an old application
> without recompiling and update only the DPDK (in .so file)?
>
>
> You are right of course. Once again I mixed the two..
I will modify accordingly