Allow sufficicent space for UUID in string form (36+1).
Needed to use UUID with Hyper-V
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthem...@microsoft.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 3 +++
lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h | 6 +++++-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 1438c777..69669e44 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
``port`` field, may be moved or removed as part of this mbuf work. A
``timestamp`` will also be added.
+* ethdev: for 17.02 the size of internal device name will be increased
+ to 40 characters to allow for storing UUID.
+
* The mbuf flags PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT are deprecated and
are respectively replaced by PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED and
PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED, that are better described. The old flags and
diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
index 1c356c1b..b4168830 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -1682,7 +1682,11 @@ struct rte_eth_dev_sriov {
};
#define RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev) ((dev)->data->sriov)
-#define RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN (32)
+/*
+ * Internal identifier length
+ * Sufficiently large to allow for UUID or PCI address
+ */
+#define RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN 40
/**
* @internal
--
2.11.0
