Hi Yuanhan, On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 13:45:23 +0800, Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan....@linux.intel.com> wrote: > Hi Olivier, > > On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 06:28:05PM +0200, Olivier Matz wrote: > > Change the size of m->port and m->nb_segs to 16 bits. > > But all the ethdev APIs are still using 8 bits. 16 bits won't really > take effect without updating those APIs. Any plans? > > --yliu
Yes, there is some work in ethdev, drivers and in example apps to make the change effective. I think we could define a specific type for a port number, maybe rte_eth_port_num_t. Using this type could be a first step (for 17.08) before switching to 16 bits (17.11?). I'll do the change and send a rfc. Regards, Olivier
