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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 11:52:52 +0100
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] ethdev: add min/max MTU to device info
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On Thu, 6 Sep 2018 09:29:32 +0300
Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com> wrote:

> On 09/05/2018 07:41 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > This addresses the usability issue raised by OVS at DPDK Userspace
> > summit. It adds general min/max mtu into device info. For compatiablity,
> > and to save space, it fits in a hole in existing structure.  
> 
> It is true for amd64, but it looks like it is false on 32-bit. So, ABI 
> breakage.

Yes it is ABI change on 32 bit, but 18.11 is a major release where
this is allowed/expected.