Tuesday, August 8, 2017 1:20 AM, Yongseok Koh: > > 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>
Acked-by: Shahaf Shuler <shah...@mellanox.com> > > Thanks, > Yongseok
