From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fiona Trahe Subject: [PATCH] doc/crypto: add clarification about chained mbuf feature Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 14:32:36 +0100 Message-ID: <1525354356-31000-1-git-send-email-fiona.trahe@intel.com> Cc: pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com, fiona.trahe@intel.com, hemant.agrawal@nxp.com, shreyansh.jain@nxp.com To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E23BDDD2 for ; Thu, 3 May 2018 15:32:42 +0200 (CEST) List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Signed-off-by: Fiona Trahe --- doc/guides/cryptodevs/overview.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/overview.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/overview.rst index b3cb6ca..493cd5f 100644 --- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/overview.rst +++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/overview.rst @@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ Supported Feature Flags .. include:: overview_feature_table.txt +Note, the mbuf scatter gather feature (aka chained mbufs, scatter-gather-lists +or SGLs) indicate all following combinations are supported unless otherwise called +out in the Limitations section of each PMD. + +* In place operation, input buffer as multiple segments, same buffer used for output +* Out of place operation, input buffer as single segment and output as multiple segments +* Out of place operation, input buffer as multiple segments and output as single segment +* Out of place operation, input buffer as multiple segments and output as multiple segments + + Supported Cipher Algorithms --------------------------- -- 1.7.0.7