[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/9] cryptodev: add feature flag for non-byte aligned data

[Akhil Goyal]

Hi Fiona,
> 
> Hi Akhil,
> 
> >
> > Some wireless algos like SNOW, ZUC may support input
> > data in bits which are not byte aligned. However, not
> > all PMDs can support this requirement. Hence added a
> > new feature flag RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_NON_BYTE_ALIGNED_DATA
> > to identify which all PMDs can support non-byte aligned
> > data.
> [Fiona] I know it's a bit pedantic, but shouldn't this really be called
> NON_BYTE_MULTIPLE?
> 
> As a non-byte-multiple data set could have its start byte-aligned, but still not be
> supported.
> 
The intention is to have both start as well as end to be byte aligned.
Is there some PMD which can support unaligned byte data but still multiples of byte?
BTW I did not see any example in the current test cases which support unaligned bytes data.

Regards,
Akhil