Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: enable next abi in static libs

[Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 04:07:53PM +0000, Mcnamara, John wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Neil Horman
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 2:44 PM
> > To: Thomas Monjalon
> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: enable next abi in static libs
> > 
> > On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 05:46:08AM -0700, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > Neil, in the meantime, could you please help to check ABI breakage in
> > the HEAD?
> > >
> > Took a look, the only ABI break I see that we need to worry about is the
> > one introduced in commit 8eecb3295aed0a979def52245564d03be172a83c. It adds
> > a bitfield called lro into the existing uint8_t there, but does so in the
> > middle of the set, which pushes the other bits around, breaking ABI.  It
> > should have been added to the end.
> 
> Hi,
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> Is it okay to submit a patch to move it to the end?
> 
Assuming that fixes the problem, I think thats the only thing you can do right
now.  I expect that will work, but I would run it through the ABI checker to be
certain
Neil


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