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[dpdk-dev,v3] doc: add info on multiple instance SW crypto

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Varghese, Vipin Feb. 6, 2018, 4:11 p.m. UTC 
  Add infomration to explain applications using multiple instances of sw
crypto with example.

Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
---

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(+)

Comments

De Lara Guarch, Pablo Feb. 6, 2018, 4:23 p.m. UTC | #1 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Varghese, Vipin
> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 4:12 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org; De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org; Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>;
> Kovacevic, Marko <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>; Varghese, Vipin
> <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v3] doc: add info on multiple instance SW crypto
> 
> Add infomration to explain applications using multiple instances of sw
> crypto with example.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
> ---
> 
> 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.

Typo: instances (which could be fixed when merging).

Also, there is no need to add stable@dpdk.org, so I will remove it from the CC list.

Apart from this:

Acked-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
Thomas Monjalon Feb. 6, 2018, 9:22 p.m. UTC | #2 
> > Add infomration to explain applications using multiple instances of sw
> > crypto with example.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
> 
> Typo: instances (which could be fixed when merging).
> 
> Also, there is no need to add stable@dpdk.org, so I will remove it from the CC list.
> 
> Apart from this:
> 
> Acked-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>

Applied, thanks
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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