[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/10] doc: add caam jr cryptodev details

Akhil Goyal akhil.goyal at nxp.com
Tue Sep 18 14:27:28 CEST 2018


++John

Hi Gagan,

Please make this patch as last patch in your patchset for v2.

On 9/13/2018 11:38 AM, Gagandeep Singh wrote:
> From: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
> ---
>   doc/guides/cryptodevs/caam_jr.rst | 159 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   doc/guides/cryptodevs/index.rst   |   1 +
>   2 files changed, 160 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 doc/guides/cryptodevs/caam_jr.rst
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/caam_jr.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/caam_jr.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000..0ee501506
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/caam_jr.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
> +..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> +    Copyright 2017 NXP
> +
> +
> +NXP CAAM JOB RING (caam_jr)
> +===========================
> +
> +The caam_jr PMD provides poll mode crypto driver support for NXP SEC 4.x+ (CAAM)
> +hardware accelerator. More information is available at:
> +
> +`NXP Cryptographic Acceleration Technology  <https://www.nxp.com/applications/solutions/internet-of-things/secure-things/network-security-technology/cryptographic-acceleration-technology:NETWORK_SECURITY_CRYPTOG>`_.
> +
> +Architecture
> +------------
> +
> +SEC is the SOC's security engine, which serves as NXP's latest cryptographic
> +acceleration and offloading hardware. It combines functions previously
> +implemented in separate modules to create a modular and scalable acceleration
> +and assurance engine. It also implements block encryption algorithms, stream
> +cipher algorithms, hashing algorithms, public key algorithms, run-time
> +integrity checking, and a hardware random number generator. SEC performs
> +higher-level cryptographic operations than previous NXP cryptographic
> +accelerators. This provides significant improvement to system level performance.
> +
> +SEC HW accelerator above 4.x+ version are also known as CAAM.
> +
> +caam_jr PMD is one of DPAA drivers which uses uio interface to interact with
> +Linux kernel for configure and destroy the device instance (ring).
> +
> +
> +Implementation
> +--------------
> +
> +SEC provides platform assurance by working with SecMon, which is a companion
> +logic block that tracks the security state of the SOC. SEC is programmed by
> +means of descriptors (not to be confused with frame descriptors (FDs)) that
> +indicate the operations to be performed and link to the message and
> +associated data. SEC incorporates two DMA engines to fetch the descriptors,
> +read the message data, and write the results of the operations. The DMA
> +engine provides a scatter/gather capability so that SEC can read and write
> +data scattered in memory. SEC may be configured by means of software for
> +dynamic changes in byte ordering. The default configuration for this version
> +of SEC is little-endian mode.
> +
> +Note that one physical Job Ring represent one caam_jr device.
> +
> +Features
> +--------
> +
> +The CAAM_JR PMD has support for:
> +
> +Cipher algorithms:
> +
> +* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC``
> +* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES128_CBC``
> +* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES192_CBC``
> +* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES256_CBC``
> +* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES128_CTR``
> +* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES192_CTR``
> +* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES256_CTR``
> +
> +Hash algorithms:
> +
> +* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC``
> +* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA224_HMAC``
> +* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC``
> +* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA384_HMAC``
> +* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA512_HMAC``
> +* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_MD5_HMAC``
> +
> +AEAD algorithms:
> +
> +* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM``
> +
I do not see the features/caam_jr.ini file in the patch set. Please add 
the supported features in that file as well.
> +Supported DPAA SoCs
> +--------------------
> +
> +* LS1046A/LS1026A
> +* LS1043A/LS1023A
> +* LS1028A
> +* LS1012A
> +
> +Limitations
> +-----------
> +
> +* Hash followed by Cipher mode is not supported
> +* Only supports the session-oriented API implementation (session-less APIs are not supported).
> +
> +Prerequisites
> +-------------
> +
> +caam_jr driver has following dependencies are not part of DPDK and must be installed separately:
> +
> +* **NXP Linux SDK**
> +
> +  NXP Linux software development kit (SDK) includes support for the family
> +  of QorIQ® ARM-Architecture-based system on chip (SoC) processors
> +  and corresponding boards.
> +
> +  It includes the Linux board support packages (BSPs) for NXP SoCs,
> +  a fully operational tool chain, kernel and board specific modules.
> +
> +  SDK and related information can be obtained from:  `NXP QorIQ SDK  <http://www.nxp.com/products/software-and-tools/run-time-software/linux-sdk/linux-sdk-for-qoriq-processors:SDKLINUX>`_.
> +
> +Currently supported by DPDK:
> +
> +* NXP SDK **18.09+**.
> +* Supported architectures:  **arm64 LE**.
> +
> +* Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup the basic DPDK environment.
> +
> +Pre-Installation Configuration
> +------------------------------
> +
> +Config File Options
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file
> +to enable caam_jr PMD.
> +
> +Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
> +
> +* ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_CAAM_JR`` (default ``n``)
> +  By default it is only enabled in common_armv8a_linuxapp config.
> +  Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_caam_jr`` driver.
> +
> +* ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_CAAM_JR_BE`` (default ``n``)
> +  By default it is disabled.
> +  It can be used when the underlying hardware supports the CAAM in BE mode.
> +  e.g. LS1043A, LS1046A supports CAAM in BE mode.
> +
> +* ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_CAAM_JR_DEBUG`` (default ``n``)
> +  By default it is disabled.
> +  It can be used enabled debug mode.
> +
> +* ``CONFIG_RTE_CAAM_JR_PMD_MAX_NB_SESSIONS``
> +  By default it is set as 2048 in common_base config.
> +  It indicates Number of sessions to create in the session memory pool
> +  on a single caam_jr device.
This is not needed now.
> +
> +
> +Installations
> +-------------
> +To compile the caam_jr PMD for Linux arm64 gcc target, run the
> +following ``make`` command:
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +   cd <DPDK-source-directory>
> +   make config T=arm64-armv8a-linuxapp-gcc install
I see that you have added caam_jr in defconfig_arm64-dpaa-linuxapp-gcc 
as well.
> +
> +Enabling logs
> +-------------
> +
> +For enabling logs, use the following EAL parameter:
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +   ./your_crypto_application <EAL args> --log-level=pmd.crypto.caam,<level>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/index.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/index.rst
> index e9928a4e2..7dddeec8a 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/index.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/index.rst
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Crypto Device Drivers
>       aesni_mb
>       aesni_gcm
>       armv8
> +    caam_jr
>       ccp
>       dpaa2_sec
>       dpaa_sec



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