On 13 Jan 2022, at 17:23, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> This patch updates OVS to use DPDK RTE_ETH namespaces.
>
> DPDK commit 295968d17407 ("ethdev: add namespace") [0] added RTE_ETH
> namespaces for ethdev enums and macros in DPDK 21.11.
>
> As compatibility for the older names was kept and they were not officially
> deprecated in DPDK 21.11, there was no impact to OVS and OVS did not have
> to be updated.
>
> In future DPDK releases the older names will be deprecated and that will
> cause build warnings for OVS. They may also be removed from DPDK at some
> point.
>
> There is no immediate need to update OVS to use the new namespaces while
> DPDK 21.11 is being used but at the same time there is no need to wait
> until it becomes an issue either. So might as well align with the
> updated names in DPDK 21.11.
>
> [0]
> http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/commit/?id=295968d1740760337e16b0d7914875c5cac52850
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]>
>
> ---
Changes look good to me, and my pv(p) test all pass.
Acked-by: Eelco Chaudron <[email protected]>
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