On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 10:32:55AM +0000, Ananyev, Konstantin wrote: > > rte_eth_dev, rte_eth_dev_data, rte_eth_rxtx_callback are internal > data structures that were used by public inline ethdev functions. > Well behaving app should not access these data structures directly. > So, for well behaving app there should no changes in the code required. > That what I meant by 'transparent' above. > But it is still an ABI change, so yes, the app has to be re-compiled.
so it appears the application was establishing a private context / vendor extension between the application and a pmd. the application was abusing access to the rte_eth_devices[] to get the private context from the rte_eth_dev. is there a proper / supported way of providing this functionality through the public api? > > Konstantin
