[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce ABI change for cryptodev config

[Trahe, Fiona]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anoob Joseph [mailto:anoobj at marvell.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2019 10:40 AM
> To: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal at nxp.com>; Trahe, Fiona <fiona.trahe at intel.com>; De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
> Cc: Anoob Joseph <anoobj at marvell.com>; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj at marvell.com>; Narayana
> Prasad Raju Athreya <pathreya at marvell.com>; Shally Verma <shallyv at marvell.com>; Suheil Chandran
> <schandran at marvell.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: announce ABI change for cryptodev config
> 
> Add new field ff_disable in rte_cryptodev_config. This enables
> applications to control the features enabled on the crypto device.
> 
> Proposed new layout:
> 
> /** Crypto device configuration structure */
> struct rte_cryptodev_config {
>     int socket_id;            /**< Socket to allocate resources on */
>     uint16_t nb_queue_pairs;
>     /**< Number of queue pairs to configure on device */
> +   uint64_t ff_disable;
> +   /**< Feature flags to be disabled. Only the following features are
> +    * allowed to be disabled,
> +    *  - RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYMMETRIC_CRYPTO
> +    *  - RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_ASYMMETRIC_CRYPTO
> +    *  - RTE_CRYTPODEV_FF_SECURITY
> +    */
> };
> 
> For eth devices, rte_eth_conf.rx_mode.offloads and
> rte_eth_conf.tx_mode.offloads fields are used by applications to
> control the offloads enabled on the eth device. This proposal adds a
> similar ability for the crypto device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anoob Joseph <anoobj at marvell.com>
Acked-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe at intel.com>