On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 04:43:32PM +0000, Stokes, Ian wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Markos Chandras [mailto:mchand...@suse.de]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 4:23 PM
> > To: Stokes, Ian <ian.sto...@intel.com>; d...@openvswitch.org
> > Cc: Kavanagh, Mark B <mark.b.kavan...@intel.com>; Ilya Maximets
> > <i.maxim...@samsung.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH branch-2.8] netdev-dpdk: replace uint8_t with
> > dpdk_port_t
> > 
> > Hi Ian,
> > 
> > On 09/01/18 16:16, Stokes, Ian wrote:
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Markos Chandras [mailto:mchand...@suse.de]
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 3:55 PM
> > >> To: d...@openvswitch.org
> > >> Cc: Kavanagh, Mark B <mark.b.kavan...@intel.com>; Ilya Maximets
> > >> <i.maxim...@samsung.com>; Stokes, Ian <ian.sto...@intel.com>; Markos
> > >> Chandras <mchand...@suse.de>
> > >> Subject: [PATCH branch-2.8] netdev-dpdk: replace uint8_t with
> > >> dpdk_port_t
> > >>
> > >> From: Mark Kavanagh <mark.b.kavan...@intel.com>
> > >>
> > >> netdev_dpdk_detach() declares a 'port_id' variable, of type uint8_t.
> > >> This variable should instead be of type dpdk_port_t.
> > >
> > > Hi Markos, is there a specific reason you require this patch back ported
> > to 2.8?
> > 
> > No particular reason I just thought to point that out since in other parts
> > of this file dpdk_port_t is used for the port_id, for example in the
> > netdev_dpdk_process_devargs() and netdev_dpdk_set_config() functions so
> > maybe worth fixing these inconsistencies.
> 
> Sure, I was just concerned was it fixing a compilation issue or such for you. 
> I've seen it's been applied already and I've given it a quick validation 
> check without issue so no worries.

I interpreted your Signed-off-by as a request to apply it, but I think I
must have misunderstood a backport of a patch already on master.  I
won't apply it so quickly next time.  I'm learning here too :-)
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