[EXT] [dpdk-dev v6] doc: support IPsec Multi-buffer lib v1.3
Zhang, Fan
fanzhang.oss at gmail.com
Mon Nov 21 14:52:36 CET 2022
Hi Akhil,
Agreed. Thanks for clarification.
Regards,
Fan
On 11/21/2022 11:35 AM, Akhil Goyal wrote:
> 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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