21/03/2018 00:04, Arnon Warshavsky: > > > > You are talking about API, and I agree the old applications can keep > > considering the functions as void. > > But I was talking about ABI, meaning: can we use an old application > > without recompiling and update only the DPDK (in .so file)? > > > > > > You are right of course. Once again I mixed the two.. > I will modify accordingly
I don't know what needs to be modified. I think the first step is to clearly identified the different kind of changes by splitting your patch. Then we will decide how to integrate them.