From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vipin Varghese Subject: [PATCH v3] doc: add info on multiple instance SW crypto Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 21:41:57 +0530 Message-ID: <1517933517-1210-1-git-send-email-vipin.varghese@intel.com> References: <1517924630-16163-1-git-send-email-vipin.varghese@intel.com> Cc: stable@dpdk.org, john.mcnamara@intel.com, marko.kovacevic@intel.com, Vipin Varghese To: dev@dpdk.org, pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1517924630-16163-1-git-send-email-vipin.varghese@intel.com> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Add infomration to explain applications using multiple instances of sw crypto with example. Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese --- V3 Changes: - moved the multiple sw crypto to more generic place holder - Pablo V2 Changes: - Updated Note for better wording - Pablo - Multiple instance information to Crypto Device Lib - Pablo --- doc/guides/prog_guide/cryptodev_lib.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/cryptodev_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/cryptodev_lib.rst index 2b338b9..d11e377 100644 --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/cryptodev_lib.rst +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/cryptodev_lib.rst @@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ From the command line using the --vdev EAL option --vdev 'crypto_aesni_mb0,max_nb_queue_pairs=2,max_nb_sessions=1024,socket_id=0' +.. Note:: + + * If DPDK application requires multiple software crypto PMD devices then required + number of ``--vdev`` with appropriate libraries are to be added. + + * An Application with crypto PMD instaces sharing the same library requires unique ID. + + Example: ``--vdev 'crypto_aesni_mb0' --vdev 'crypto_aesni_mb1'`` + Our using the rte_vdev_init API within the application code. .. code-block:: c -- 1.9.1