[dpdk-dev] [EXT] Re: [PATCH v5 14/15] test/crypto: add raw API test for dpaax

[Thomas Monjalon]

20/10/2021 11:32, Akhil Goyal:
> > 20/10/2021 11:15, Akhil Goyal:
> > > > 17/10/2021 18:16, Hemant Agrawal:
> > > > > This patch add support for raw API tests for
> > > > > dpaa_sec and dpaa2_sec platforms.
> > > >
> > > > Why do we have tests specific to some drivers?
> > > > Is there a plan to remove them?
> > > >
> > >
> > > The testsuites are common and there is no driver specific test.
> > > The test command is different for each of the PMD,
> > > that is why it is registered for each PMD.
> > > For Raw data path APIs, all of the testsuite is run with a global flag set.
> > > Currently only 3 PMDs support raw APIs, we can get rid of this global flag in
> > future if more
> > > PMDs start supporting these APIs.
> > 
> > No there is something wrong.
> > It shows that it is not generic enough for any app.
> > What is missing to make the same calls no matter the driver?
> > Do we need to add some capability flags?
> 
> Capability flags are there for raw data path APIs but the PMD can support both APIs.
> And we need to test both data paths.
> So for this we have a global variable to enable raw data path and we register a new
> Command for the PMD and enable that global flag while doing that.
> The tests, however have the capability flags checks in place but we decide to enable 
> Raw APIs only when the PMD support that and that global flag is set.
> I hope it is clear now.

No sorry, it is not clear.
How may I know that the raw API is supported in a PMD?
If there is such info, no need for specific tests?