[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] maintainers: update for armv8 crypto library

[Jerin Jacob]

On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 1:04 PM <jerinj at marvell.com> wrote:
>
> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
>
> Update the armv8 crypto PMD maintainership.
>
> https://github.com/caviumnetworks/armv8_crypto external crypto
> the library will not be maintained and probably removed soon
> therefor updating the PMD documentation to reflect the same.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>

Ping for merge.

> ---
>
> This patch is based on the discussion of the following thread
> http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-October/146005.html
>
> In summary,
> # ARMv8 crypto PMD depends on an external library owned
> by Marvell, specifically crafted to the DPDK performance use case.
> # There is no upstream path to this library and it
> will not be maintained due to that fact that it
> a) Creates fragmentation of the SW
> b) Contribution policy concerning external Github Repos
> c) None other than Marvell can contribute to this library and this makes
> difficult for other stakeholder to use it.
>
> # As the maintainer, I would like to make forward progress by providing
> the following options. None of the options are converging as the result
> I would like to step down from the maintainership of the
> incomplete PMD as I don't see any options for collaboration,
> improvement in the library nor follows the open source philosophy
> in the way it is structured out now.
>
> option 1) Move external library(BSD-3 license) to dpdk.org
> so that every armv8 vendors can contribute, improve and
> avoid SW fragmentation and therefore better quality.
>
> option 2) If option 1 is not possible, remove the incomplete PMD
> from dpdk.org and maintain the existing PMD as the external one by
> each vendor. This won't change much in the existing situation as
> this PMD is not standalone and anyway depended on an external code
> base.
>
> I am glad/help to execute option 1 or 2 or help to a new maintainer
> if he/she would like to step up and take ownership.
>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                     | 1 -
>  doc/guides/cryptodevs/armv8.rst | 3 +--
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index b02066270..8096d93c4 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -918,7 +918,6 @@ F: doc/guides/cryptodevs/ccp.rst
>  F: doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/ccp.ini
>
>  ARMv8 Crypto
> -M: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
>  F: drivers/crypto/armv8/
>  F: doc/guides/cryptodevs/armv8.rst
>  F: doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/armv8.ini
> diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/armv8.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/armv8.rst
> index 1ab40096e..ada2a774d 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/armv8.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/armv8.rst
> @@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ Installation
>
>  In order to enable this virtual crypto PMD, user must:
>
> -* Download ARMv8 crypto library source code from
> -  `here <https://github.com/caviumnetworks/armv8_crypto>`_
> +* Use ARMv8 crypto library source code from vendor SDK
>
>  * Export the environmental variable ARMV8_CRYPTO_LIB_PATH with
>    the path where the ``armv8_crypto`` library was downloaded
> --
> 2.23.0
>