Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] doc: announce API and ABI change for ethdev

2017-08-08 Thread Thomas Monjalon
> > This is an API/ABI change notice for DPDK 17.11 announcing the redefinition > > of > > port_id. port_id is currently defined as uint8_t, which is limited to the > > range 0 to > > 255. A larger range is required for vdev scalability. > > > > It is necessary for a redefinition of port_id to e

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] doc: announce API and ABI change for ethdev

2017-08-07 Thread Yang, Zhiyong
> -Original Message- > From: Yang, Zhiyong > Sent: Monday, August 7, 2017 8:43 PM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Tan, Jianfeng ; y...@fridaylinux.org; > jerin.ja...@caviumnetworks.com; tho...@monjalon.net; Horton, Remy > ; Yang, Zhiyong > Subject: [PATCH v3] doc: announce API and ABI change for