[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/crypto: add clarification about chained mbuf feature

[De Lara Guarch, Pablo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jain, Deepak K
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 1:29 PM
> To: Trahe, Fiona <fiona.trahe at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: De Lara Guarch, Pablo <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>; Trahe, Fiona
> <fiona.trahe at intel.com>; hemant.agrawal at nxp.com; shreyansh.jain at nxp.com
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/crypto: add clarification about chained
> mbuf feature
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Fiona Trahe
> > Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2018 2:33 PM
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/overview.rst
> > b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/overview.rst
> > index b3cb6ca..493cd5f 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/overview.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/overview.rst
> > @@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ Supported Feature Flags
> >
> >  .. include:: overview_feature_table.txt
> >
> > +Note, the mbuf scatter gather feature (aka chained mbufs,
> > +scatter-gather-lists or SGLs) indicate all following combinations are
> > +supported unless otherwise called out in the Limitations section of
> > +each
> > PMD.
> > +
> > +* In place operation, input buffer as multiple segments, same buffer
> > +used for output
> > +* Out of place operation, input buffer as single segment and output
> > +as multiple segments
> > +* Out of place operation, input buffer as multiple segments and
> > +output as single segment
> > +* Out of place operation, input buffer as multiple segments and
> > +output as multiple segments
> > +
> > +
> >  Supported Cipher Algorithms
> >  ---------------------------
> >
> > --
> > 1.7.0.7
> Acked-By: Deepak Kumar Jain <Deepak.k.jain at intel.com>

Hopefully, we can have better feature flags in the next release to be able to get
the information programmatically with no ambiguity.

Applied to dpdk-next-crypto.
Thanks,

Pablo