Plan to change to <net/ethernet.h> version of struct ether_addr in DPDK 2.3. The change in DPDK source is trivial but it will impact source compatablilty therefore notification is necessary.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 1c7ab01..8ecb990 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ Deprecation Notices and table action handlers will be updated: the pipeline parameter will be added, the packets mask parameter will be either removed (for input port action handler) or made input-only. + +* librte_ether: The structure ether_addr in DPDK will be replaced + by using the standard header file <net/ethernet.h>. The structure + size will be the same (no ABI impact), but the structure field name + will change from addr_bytes[] to ether_addr_octet[]. -- 2.1.4