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On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 08:29:10AM +0100, Morten Brørup wrote:
> 
> That would certainly be a nice improvement. But going down that road should include reviewing and fixing all DPDK libraries with 32/64 versions of the same functions, e.g. rte_bitops.h - which probably requires a significant effort.

i only have time available for smaller incremental improvements so
unless it is small pieces working toward the final goal it will be
difficult to get time approved.

> 
> So just limit the task to fixing what is already there.
> 

good enough for me, we'll just do that for now.

thanks!