[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ABI change for cryptodev config

[Thomas Monjalon]

There is only one ack for this change.
A deprecation requires more agreement (3 valuable acks).
Other opinions?


31/01/2019 10:53, Akhil Goyal:
> On 1/17/2019 3:09 PM, Anoob Joseph wrote:
> > Add new field ff_enable in rte_cryptodev_config. This enables
> > applications to control the features enabled on the crypto device.
> >
> > Proposed new layout:
> >
> > /** Crypto device configuration structure */
> > struct rte_cryptodev_config {
> >      int socket_id;            /**< Socket to allocate resources on */
> >      uint16_t nb_queue_pairs;
> >      /**< Number of queue pairs to configure on device */
> > +   uint64_t ff_enable;
> > +   /**< Feature flags to be enabled on the device. Only the features set
> > +    * on rte_cryptodev_info.feature_flags are allowed to be set.
> > +    */
> > };
> >
> > For eth devices, rte_eth_conf.rx_mode.offloads and
> > rte_eth_conf.tx_mode.offloads fields are used by applications to
> > control the offloads enabled on the eth device. This proposal adds a
> > similar ability for the crypto device.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Anoob Joseph <anoobj at marvell.com>
> >
> Acked-by: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal at nxp.com>