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

[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>