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Mon, 7 Aug 2017 22:19:56 +0000 From: Yongseok Koh To: Stephen Hemminger CC: "dev@dpdk.org" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: add notice for planned name size change Thread-Index: AQHS9mmuviuYJIVNQke9ITYzF58MLKJ5qcSA Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 22:19:56 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20170706150751.27251-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> In-Reply-To: <20170706150751.27251-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: authentication-results: spf=none (sender IP is ) smtp.mailfrom=yskoh@mellanox.com; x-originating-ip: [209.116.155.178] x-ms-publictraffictype: Email x-microsoft-exchange-diagnostics: 1; AM5PR0501MB2033; 6:HAIZkhvc25XfXwhLEkP/aTUHcqPkDESbsB/9OPg4zK/Rg1Oj2sfPusnB+J/SMOV840fg6twOcUqhfiULwOuT/YgJlPnOcrRbE+nNWEuwjOzXLEKgJgMmVcFOAQ8Tg7/HRcB+pUf7+ZSUV3BI2VPfi1NM51iAZVARh6e0oeZF8i30/3hSpZ7A7zF7CsziVnWeh+bUdZMxg6KvF2zMWMMAN5VT8OrNpzPl2PxxJBARJj9N8bMSsn0gEPKu744TfLtJF/WG3I+UlUTkW5B7Rt/mB36Fk2Y+v6fT/XGiI5E6DIdmu7MKVMjLAf+nEa1UZqgBWytX3ehIw6gQsQ1Q18WUXA==; 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DIR:OUT; SFP:1101; SCL:1; SRVR:AM5PR0501MB2033; H:AM5PR0501MB2034.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com; FPR:; SPF:None; PTR:InfoNoRecords; MX:1; A:1; LANG:en; received-spf: None (protection.outlook.com: mellanox.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) spamdiagnosticoutput: 1:99 spamdiagnosticmetadata: NSPM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: Mellanox.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 07 Aug 2017 22:19:56.1182 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: a652971c-7d2e-4d9b-a6a4-d149256f461b X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: AM5PR0501MB2033 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: add notice for planned name size change 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: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 22:19:57 -0000 > On Jul 6, 2017, at 8:07 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: >=20 > VMBUS support will use GUID in eth_dev_data name field which requires > at least 37 characters. Plan for increase in size now. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) >=20 > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/= deprecation.rst > index 2e708dbe0deb..d5b70c50064a 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ Deprecation Notices > The non-"do-sig" versions of the hash tables will be removed > (including the ``signature_offset`` parameter) > and the "do-sig" versions renamed accordingly. > + > +* ethdev: An ABI change is planned for 17.11 for the structure eth_dev_d= ata. Isn't it better to use "``rte_eth_dev_data``"? > + The size of the unique name will increase RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN from 32= to > + 64 characters to allow using a globally unique identifier (GUID) in th= is field. Except for the small comment above, Acked-by: Yongseok Koh Thanks, Yongseok