[dpdk-dev] [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] drivers: add octeontx crypto adapter framework

[Akhil Goyal]

Hi David,

> >  deps += ['common_octeontx', 'mempool_octeontx', 'bus_vdev',
> 'net_octeontx']
> > +deps += ['crypto_octeontx']
> 
> This extra dependency resulted in disabling the event/octeontx driver
> in FreeBSD, since crypto/octeontx only builds on Linux.
> Removing hw support triggers a ABI failure for FreeBSD.
> 
> 
> - This had been reported by UNH CI:
> http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/test-report/2021-June/200637.html 
> It seems the result has been ignored but it should have at least
> raised some discussion.
> 
This was highlighted to CI ML
http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/0686a7c3fb3a22e37378a8545bc37bce04f4c391.1624481225.git.sthotton@marvell.com/

but I think I missed to take the follow up with Brandon and applied the patch
as it did not look an issue to me as octeon drivers are not currently built on FreeBSD.
Not sure why event driver is getting built there.

> 
> - I asked UNH to stop testing FreeBSD abi for now, waiting to get the
> main branch fixed.
> 
> I don't have the time to look at this, please can you work on it?
> 
> Several options:
> * crypto/octeontx is made so that it compiles on FreeBSD,
> * the abi check is extended to have exceptions per OS,
> * the FreeBSD abi reference is regenerated at UNH not to have those
> drivers in it (not sure it is doable),

Thanks for the suggestions, we are working on it to resolve this as soon as possible.
We may need to add exception in ABI checking so that it does not shout if a PMD
is not compiled.

Regards,
Akhil