> On Jul 6, 2017, at 8:07 AM, Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> > wrote: > > VMBUS support will use GUID in eth_dev_data name field which requires > at least 37 characters. Plan for increase in size now. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 2e708dbe0deb..d5b70c50064a 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ Deprecation Notices > The non-"do-sig" versions of the hash tables will be removed > (including the ``signature_offset`` parameter) > and the "do-sig" versions renamed accordingly. > + > +* ethdev: An ABI change is planned for 17.11 for the structure eth_dev_data. Isn't it better to use "``rte_eth_dev_data``"?
> + The size of the unique name will increase RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN from 32 to > + 64 characters to allow using a globally unique identifier (GUID) in this > field. Except for the small comment above, Acked-by: Yongseok Koh <ys...@mellanox.com> Thanks, Yongseok
