[EXT] [dpdk-dev v6] doc: support IPsec Multi-buffer lib v1.3
Akhil Goyal
gakhil at marvell.com
Mon Nov 21 12:35:51 CET 2022
Hi Fan,
> Hi Akhil,
>
>
> From 22.11 the ipsec-mb PMDs will be working on two different libraries
> that may or may not work the same.
>
> We also have two different contributor groups working on adding features
> on top of each library, again one may or may not be compatible to another.
>
> I believe there should be some words necessary to distinguish each
> library support as well as the credits for adding certain features for
> one platform.
Ok, but release notes is not a correct place to mention that.
It should be part of the respective driver documentation.
>
>
> On 11/21/2022 6:57 AM, Akhil Goyal wrote:
> >> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst
> >> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst
> >> index 4e55b543ef..b98b603fe7 100644
> >> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst
> >> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst
> >> @@ -240,7 +240,16 @@ New Features
> >>
> >> * **Updated ipsec_mb crypto driver.**
> >>
> >> - Added SNOW-3G and ZUC support for ARM platform.
> >> + * Added ARM64 port of ipsec-mb library support and SNOW-3G and ZUC
> >> + support for ARM platform.
> > You need not update the above line.
> > * Added SNOW-3G and ZUC support for ARM platform.
> > Should be good enough.
> >> + * Added Intel IPsec MB v1.3 library support for x86 platform,
> >> + see the following guides for more details:
> >> + :doc:`../cryptodevs/aesni_gcm`
> >> + :doc:`../cryptodevs/aesni_mb`
> >> + :doc:`../cryptodevs/chacha20_poly1305`
> >> + :doc:`../cryptodevs/kasumi`
> >> + :doc:`../cryptodevs/snow3g`
> >> + :doc:`../cryptodevs/zuc`
> > I believe adding reference for each guide is not needed.
> >
> > * Added Intel IPsec MB v1.3 library support for x86 platform.
> > Added details in the guides for all the drivers supported by ipsec_mb.
>
> What the guideline Pablo/Kai added here only applies for x86 as
>
> a. ARM does not support algorithms other than SNOW3G and ZUC.
This should be distinguished in the .rst file.
For release notes, above thing is sufficient.
>
> b. The performance guideline may not apply to ARM.
Again, it should be part of driver documentation and not release notes.
And for each of the release note bullet that I suggested are mentioning the
Platform on which the support is added.
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