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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce API change for rte_ether.h
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On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 03:54:06PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2015-12-10 15:27, Stephen Hemminger:
> > Plan to change to <net/ethernet.h> version of struct ether_addr in
> > DPDK 2.3. The change in DPDK source is trivial but it will impact
> > source compatablilty therefore notification is necessary.
> [...]
> > +* librte_ether: The structure ether_addr in DPDK will be replaced
> > +  by using the standard header file <net/ethernet.h>. The structure
> > +  size will be the same (no ABI impact), but the structure field name
> > +  will change from addr_bytes[] to ether_addr_octet[].
> 
> 
> Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
> 
> Any other votes for this API cleanup?
> 
Are the structures and contents of net/ethernet.h the same on both Linux and
FreeBSD?

/Bruce