Hi, Remy: > -----Original Message----- > From: Horton, Remy > Sent: Friday, August 4, 2017 2:56 PM > To: Yang, Zhiyong <zhiyong.y...@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Tan, Jianfeng <jianfeng....@intel.com>; y...@fridaylinux.org; > jerin.ja...@caviumnetworks.com; tho...@monjalon.net > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce API and ABI change for > ethdev > > > On 04/08/2017 06:27, Zhiyong Yang wrote: > > This is an API/ABI change notice for DPDK 17.11 on redefinition of > > port_id. port_id is defined as uint8_t by now, which is just ranged > > from 0 to 255. For more and more scenerioes, more than 256 ports are > > needed to support for vdev scalability. > > > > It is necessary for redefinition of port_id to extend from 1 bytes to > > 2 bytes. All ethdev APIs and use cases related to port_id will be > > changed at the same time. > > I think this reads a little better: > > 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 extend it from 1 bytes to 2 > bytes. > All ethdev APIs and usages related to port_id will be changed at the same > time.
Thanks Remy, of course. Your statement is better. I have a lot of things to learn when speaking in English. I hope I can describe things like you, a native speaker. :) Thanks again for your ack. Zhiyong > > > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > Acked-by: Remy Horton <remy.hor...@intel.com>
