diff --git a/app/test/test_cryptodev_asym.c b/app/test/test_cryptodev_asym.c
index 573af2a537..71378cbdb2 100644
--- a/app/test/test_cryptodev_asym.c
+++ b/app/test/test_cryptodev_asym.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ queue_ops_rsa_sign_verify(void *sess)
 	struct rte_crypto_op *op, *result_op;
 	struct rte_crypto_asym_op *asym_op;
 	uint8_t output_buf[TEST_DATA_SIZE];
+	uint8_t input_sign[TEST_DATA_SIZE];
 	int status = TEST_SUCCESS;
 
 	/* Set up crypto op data structure */
@@ -90,14 +91,14 @@ queue_ops_rsa_sign_verify(void *sess)
 	/* Compute sign on the test vector */
 	asym_op->rsa.op_type = RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_SIGN;
 
-	asym_op->rsa.message.data = rsaplaintext.data;
-	asym_op->rsa.message.length = rsaplaintext.len;
-	asym_op->rsa.sign.length = 0;
-	asym_op->rsa.sign.data = output_buf;
-	asym_op->rsa.pad = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PKCS1_5;
+	asym_op->rsa.input.data = rsaplaintext.data;
+	asym_op->rsa.input.length = rsaplaintext.len;
+	asym_op->rsa.output.length = 0;
+	asym_op->rsa.output.data = output_buf;
+	asym_op->rsa.padding.type = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PKCS1_5;
 
-	debug_hexdump(stdout, "message", asym_op->rsa.message.data,
-		      asym_op->rsa.message.length);
+	debug_hexdump(stdout, "message", asym_op->rsa.input.data,
+		      asym_op->rsa.input.length);
 
 	/* Attach asymmetric crypto session to crypto operations */
 	rte_crypto_op_attach_asym_session(op, sess);
@@ -120,13 +121,18 @@ queue_ops_rsa_sign_verify(void *sess)
 		goto error_exit;
 	}
 
-	debug_hexdump(stdout, "signed message", asym_op->rsa.sign.data,
-		      asym_op->rsa.sign.length);
+	debug_hexdump(stdout, "signed message", asym_op->rsa.output.data,
+		      asym_op->rsa.output.length);
 	asym_op = result_op->asym;
 
 	/* Verify sign */
+	memcpy(input_sign, asym_op->rsa.output.data, asym_op->rsa.output.length);
+	asym_op->rsa.input.data = input_sign;
+	asym_op->rsa.input.length = asym_op->rsa.output.length;
+	asym_op->rsa.message.data = rsaplaintext.data;
+	asym_op->rsa.message.length = rsaplaintext.len;
 	asym_op->rsa.op_type = RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_VERIFY;
-	asym_op->rsa.pad = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PKCS1_5;
+	asym_op->rsa.padding.type = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PKCS1_5;
 
 	/* Process crypto operation */
 	if (rte_cryptodev_enqueue_burst(dev_id, 0, &op, 1) != 1) {
@@ -181,14 +187,14 @@ queue_ops_rsa_enc_dec(void *sess)
 	/* Compute encryption on the test vector */
 	asym_op->rsa.op_type = RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_ENCRYPT;
 
-	asym_op->rsa.message.data = rsaplaintext.data;
-	asym_op->rsa.cipher.data = cipher_buf;
-	asym_op->rsa.cipher.length = 0;
-	asym_op->rsa.message.length = rsaplaintext.len;
-	asym_op->rsa.pad = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PKCS1_5;
+	asym_op->rsa.input.data = rsaplaintext.data;
+	asym_op->rsa.output.data = cipher_buf;
+	asym_op->rsa.output.length = 0;
+	asym_op->rsa.input.length = rsaplaintext.len;
+	asym_op->rsa.padding.type = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PKCS1_5;
 
-	debug_hexdump(stdout, "message", asym_op->rsa.message.data,
-		      asym_op->rsa.message.length);
+	debug_hexdump(stdout, "message", asym_op->rsa.input.data,
+		      asym_op->rsa.input.length);
 
 	/* Attach asymmetric crypto session to crypto operations */
 	rte_crypto_op_attach_asym_session(op, sess);
@@ -210,14 +216,14 @@ queue_ops_rsa_enc_dec(void *sess)
 		status = TEST_FAILED;
 		goto error_exit;
 	}
-	debug_hexdump(stdout, "encrypted message", asym_op->rsa.message.data,
-		      asym_op->rsa.message.length);
+	debug_hexdump(stdout, "encrypted message", asym_op->rsa.input.data,
+		      asym_op->rsa.input.length);
 
 	/* Use the resulted output as decryption Input vector*/
 	asym_op = result_op->asym;
-	asym_op->rsa.message.length = 0;
+	asym_op->rsa.input.length = 0;
 	asym_op->rsa.op_type = RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_DECRYPT;
-	asym_op->rsa.pad = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PKCS1_5;
+	asym_op->rsa.padding.type = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PKCS1_5;
 
 	/* Process crypto operation */
 	if (rte_cryptodev_enqueue_burst(dev_id, 0, &op, 1) != 1) {
@@ -270,20 +276,20 @@ test_cryptodev_asym_ver(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_XFORM_RSA:
 		if (op->asym->rsa.op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_ENCRYPT) {
 			data_size = xform_tc->rsa.n.length;
-			data_received = result_op->asym->rsa.cipher.data;
+			data_received = result_op->asym->rsa.output.data;
 			data_expected = data_tc->rsa_data.ct.data;
 		} else if (op->asym->rsa.op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_DECRYPT) {
 			data_size = xform_tc->rsa.n.length;
 			data_expected = data_tc->rsa_data.pt.data;
-			data_received = result_op->asym->rsa.message.data;
+			data_received = result_op->asym->rsa.output.data;
 		} else if (op->asym->rsa.op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_SIGN) {
 			data_size = xform_tc->rsa.n.length;
 			data_expected = data_tc->rsa_data.sign.data;
-			data_received = result_op->asym->rsa.sign.data;
+			data_received = result_op->asym->rsa.output.data;
 		} else if (op->asym->rsa.op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_VERIFY) {
 			data_size = xform_tc->rsa.n.length;
 			data_expected = data_tc->rsa_data.pt.data;
-			data_received = result_op->asym->rsa.cipher.data;
+			data_received = result_op->asym->rsa.output.data;
 		}
 		break;
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_XFORM_DH:
@@ -414,28 +420,28 @@ test_cryptodev_asym_op(struct crypto_testsuite_params_asym *ts_params,
 		}
 
 		xform_tc.rsa.key_type = key_type;
-		op->asym->rsa.pad = data_tc->rsa_data.padding;
+		op->asym->rsa.padding.type = data_tc->rsa_data.padding;
 
 		if (op->asym->rsa.op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_ENCRYPT) {
-			asym_op->rsa.message.data = data_tc->rsa_data.pt.data;
-			asym_op->rsa.message.length = data_tc->rsa_data.pt.len;
-			asym_op->rsa.cipher.data = result;
-			asym_op->rsa.cipher.length = data_tc->rsa_data.n.len;
+			asym_op->rsa.input.data = data_tc->rsa_data.pt.data;
+			asym_op->rsa.input.length = data_tc->rsa_data.pt.len;
+			asym_op->rsa.output.data = result;
+			asym_op->rsa.output.length = data_tc->rsa_data.n.len;
 		} else if (op->asym->rsa.op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_DECRYPT) {
-			asym_op->rsa.message.data = result;
-			asym_op->rsa.message.length = data_tc->rsa_data.n.len;
-			asym_op->rsa.cipher.data = data_tc->rsa_data.ct.data;
-			asym_op->rsa.cipher.length = data_tc->rsa_data.ct.len;
+			asym_op->rsa.output.data = result;
+			asym_op->rsa.output.length = data_tc->rsa_data.n.len;
+			asym_op->rsa.input.data = data_tc->rsa_data.ct.data;
+			asym_op->rsa.input.length = data_tc->rsa_data.ct.len;
 		} else if (op->asym->rsa.op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_SIGN) {
-			asym_op->rsa.sign.data = result;
-			asym_op->rsa.sign.length = data_tc->rsa_data.n.len;
-			asym_op->rsa.message.data = data_tc->rsa_data.pt.data;
-			asym_op->rsa.message.length = data_tc->rsa_data.pt.len;
+			asym_op->rsa.output.data = result;
+			asym_op->rsa.output.length = data_tc->rsa_data.n.len;
+			asym_op->rsa.input.data = data_tc->rsa_data.pt.data;
+			asym_op->rsa.input.length = data_tc->rsa_data.pt.len;
 		} else if (op->asym->rsa.op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_VERIFY) {
-			asym_op->rsa.cipher.data = result;
-			asym_op->rsa.cipher.length = data_tc->rsa_data.n.len;
-			asym_op->rsa.sign.data = data_tc->rsa_data.sign.data;
-			asym_op->rsa.sign.length = data_tc->rsa_data.sign.len;
+			asym_op->rsa.input.data = data_tc->rsa_data.sign.data;
+			asym_op->rsa.input.length = data_tc->rsa_data.sign.len;
+			asym_op->rsa.output.data = result;
+			asym_op->rsa.output.length = data_tc->rsa_data.n.len;
 		}
 		break;
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_XFORM_DH:
diff --git a/app/test/test_cryptodev_asym_util.h b/app/test/test_cryptodev_asym_util.h
index 83dc265dd7..175a6a4307 100644
--- a/app/test/test_cryptodev_asym_util.h
+++ b/app/test/test_cryptodev_asym_util.h
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ static inline int rsa_verify(struct rsa_test_data *rsa_param,
 		struct rte_crypto_op *result_op)
 {
 	if (memcmp(rsa_param->data,
-				result_op->asym->rsa.message.data,
-				result_op->asym->rsa.message.length))
+				result_op->asym->rsa.input.data,
+				result_op->asym->rsa.input.length))
 		return -1;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/meson.build b/drivers/crypto/meson.build
index 147b8cf633..4d83b45ca5 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/crypto/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ drivers = [
         'bcmfs',
         'caam_jr',
         'ccp',
-        'cnxk',
+#        'cnxk',
         'dpaa_sec',
         'dpaa2_sec',
         'ipsec_mb',
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ drivers = [
         'mvsam',
         'nitrox',
         'null',
-        'octeontx',
+#        'octeontx',
         'openssl',
         'scheduler',
         'virtio',
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
index d80e1052e2..45cee47c5d 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ process_openssl_rsa_op(struct rte_crypto_op *cop,
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct rte_crypto_asym_op *op = cop->asym;
 	RSA *rsa = sess->u.r.rsa;
-	uint32_t pad = (op->rsa.pad);
+	uint32_t pad = (op->rsa.padding.type);
 	uint8_t *tmp;
 
 	cop->status = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_SUCCESS;
@@ -1918,47 +1918,47 @@ process_openssl_rsa_op(struct rte_crypto_op *cop,
 
 	switch (op->rsa.op_type) {
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_ENCRYPT:
-		ret = RSA_public_encrypt(op->rsa.message.length,
-				op->rsa.message.data,
-				op->rsa.cipher.data,
+		ret = RSA_public_encrypt(op->rsa.input.length,
+				op->rsa.input.data,
+				op->rsa.output.data,
 				rsa,
 				pad);
 
 		if (ret > 0)
-			op->rsa.cipher.length = ret;
+			op->rsa.output.length = ret;
 		OPENSSL_LOG(DEBUG,
 				"length of encrypted text %d\n", ret);
 		break;
 
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_DECRYPT:
-		ret = RSA_private_decrypt(op->rsa.cipher.length,
-				op->rsa.cipher.data,
-				op->rsa.message.data,
+		ret = RSA_private_decrypt(op->rsa.input.length,
+				op->rsa.input.data,
+				op->rsa.output.data,
 				rsa,
 				pad);
 		if (ret > 0)
-			op->rsa.message.length = ret;
+			op->rsa.output.length = ret;
 		break;
 
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_SIGN:
-		ret = RSA_private_encrypt(op->rsa.message.length,
-				op->rsa.message.data,
-				op->rsa.sign.data,
+		ret = RSA_private_encrypt(op->rsa.input.length,
+				op->rsa.input.data,
+				op->rsa.output.data,
 				rsa,
 				pad);
 		if (ret > 0)
-			op->rsa.sign.length = ret;
+			op->rsa.output.length = ret;
 		break;
 
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_VERIFY:
-		tmp = rte_malloc(NULL, op->rsa.sign.length, 0);
+		tmp = rte_malloc(NULL, op->rsa.input.length, 0);
 		if (tmp == NULL) {
 			OPENSSL_LOG(ERR, "Memory allocation failed");
 			cop->status = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_ERROR;
 			break;
 		}
-		ret = RSA_public_decrypt(op->rsa.sign.length,
-				op->rsa.sign.data,
+		ret = RSA_public_decrypt(op->rsa.input.length,
+				op->rsa.input.data,
 				tmp,
 				rsa,
 				pad);
@@ -1966,9 +1966,9 @@ process_openssl_rsa_op(struct rte_crypto_op *cop,
 		OPENSSL_LOG(DEBUG,
 				"Length of public_decrypt %d "
 				"length of message %zd\n",
-				ret, op->rsa.message.length);
+				ret, op->rsa.input.length);
 		if ((ret <= 0) || (CRYPTO_memcmp(tmp, op->rsa.message.data,
-				op->rsa.message.length))) {
+				op->rsa.input.length))) {
 			OPENSSL_LOG(ERR, "RSA sign Verification failed");
 			cop->status = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_ERROR;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/dev/qat_asym_pmd_gen1.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/dev/qat_asym_pmd_gen1.c
index 4499fdaf2d..b84e2963b0 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/dev/qat_asym_pmd_gen1.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/dev/qat_asym_pmd_gen1.c
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 
 #include <rte_cryptodev.h>
 #include <cryptodev_pmd.h>
+#include <rte_bitops.h>
 #include "qat_asym.h"
 #include "qat_crypto.h"
 #include "qat_crypto_pmd_gens.h"
 
+
 struct rte_cryptodev_ops qat_asym_crypto_ops_gen1 = {
 	/* Device related operations */
 	.dev_configure		= qat_cryptodev_config,
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_asym.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_asym.c
index 479d5308cf..cb2b47acbb 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_asym.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_asym.c
@@ -345,9 +345,9 @@ rsa_set_pub_input(struct rte_crypto_asym_op *asym_op,
 	alg_bytesize = qat_function.bytesize;
 
 	if (asym_op->rsa.op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_ENCRYPT) {
-		switch (asym_op->rsa.pad) {
+		switch (asym_op->rsa.padding.type) {
 		case RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_NONE:
-			SET_PKE_LN(cookie->input_array, asym_op->rsa.message,
+			SET_PKE_LN(cookie->input_array, asym_op->rsa.input,
 					alg_bytesize, 0);
 			break;
 		default:
@@ -358,9 +358,9 @@ rsa_set_pub_input(struct rte_crypto_asym_op *asym_op,
 		}
 		HEXDUMP("RSA Message", cookie->input_array[0], alg_bytesize);
 	} else {
-		switch (asym_op->rsa.pad) {
+		switch (asym_op->rsa.padding.type) {
 		case RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_NONE:
-			SET_PKE_LN(cookie->input_array, asym_op->rsa.sign,
+			SET_PKE_LN(cookie->input_array, asym_op->rsa.input,
 					alg_bytesize, 0);
 			break;
 		default:
@@ -454,9 +454,9 @@ rsa_set_priv_input(struct rte_crypto_asym_op *asym_op,
 
 	if (asym_op->rsa.op_type ==
 			RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_DECRYPT) {
-		switch (asym_op->rsa.pad) {
+		switch (asym_op->rsa.padding.type) {
 		case RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_NONE:
-			SET_PKE_LN(cookie->input_array, asym_op->rsa.cipher,
+			SET_PKE_LN(cookie->input_array, asym_op->rsa.input,
 				alg_bytesize, 0);
 			HEXDUMP("RSA ciphertext", cookie->input_array[0],
 				alg_bytesize);
@@ -469,9 +469,9 @@ rsa_set_priv_input(struct rte_crypto_asym_op *asym_op,
 
 	} else if (asym_op->rsa.op_type ==
 			RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_SIGN) {
-		switch (asym_op->rsa.pad) {
+		switch (asym_op->rsa.padding.type) {
 		case RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_NONE:
-			SET_PKE_LN(cookie->input_array, asym_op->rsa.message,
+			SET_PKE_LN(cookie->input_array, asym_op->rsa.input,
 				alg_bytesize, 0);
 			HEXDUMP("RSA text to be signed", cookie->input_array[0],
 				alg_bytesize);
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ rsa_collect(struct rte_crypto_asym_op *asym_op,
 
 		if (asym_op->rsa.op_type ==
 				RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_ENCRYPT) {
-			uint8_t *rsa_result = asym_op->rsa.cipher.data;
+			uint8_t *rsa_result = asym_op->rsa.output.data;
 
 			rte_memcpy(rsa_result,
 					cookie->output_array[0],
@@ -527,9 +527,9 @@ rsa_collect(struct rte_crypto_asym_op *asym_op,
 			HEXDUMP("RSA Encrypted data", cookie->output_array[0],
 				alg_bytesize);
 		} else {
-			uint8_t *rsa_result = asym_op->rsa.cipher.data;
+			uint8_t *rsa_result = asym_op->rsa.output.data;
 
-			switch (asym_op->rsa.pad) {
+			switch (asym_op->rsa.padding.type) {
 			case RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_NONE:
 				rte_memcpy(rsa_result,
 						cookie->output_array[0],
@@ -545,9 +545,9 @@ rsa_collect(struct rte_crypto_asym_op *asym_op,
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (asym_op->rsa.op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_DECRYPT) {
-			uint8_t *rsa_result = asym_op->rsa.message.data;
+			uint8_t *rsa_result = asym_op->rsa.output.data;
 
-			switch (asym_op->rsa.pad) {
+			switch (asym_op->rsa.padding.type) {
 			case RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_NONE:
 				rte_memcpy(rsa_result,
 					cookie->output_array[0],
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ rsa_collect(struct rte_crypto_asym_op *asym_op,
 				return RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_ERROR;
 			}
 		} else {
-			uint8_t *rsa_result = asym_op->rsa.sign.data;
+			uint8_t *rsa_result = asym_op->rsa.output.data;
 
 			rte_memcpy(rsa_result,
 					cookie->output_array[0],
diff --git a/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h b/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
index cd24d4b07b..834e06b96b 100644
--- a/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
+++ b/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
@@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ enum rte_crypto_ec_group {
 	RTE_CRYPTO_EC_GROUP_SECP521R1 = 25,
 };
 
+/**<
+ * When set, message instead of message digest should be
+ * provided as an input for signature generation
+ */
+#define RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_FLAG_PT
+/**<
+ * When set, algorithmIdentifier is not added to message digest,
+ * therefore not forming digestInfo struct. PKCS1 v1.5 padding
+ * is added without further changes.
+ */
+#define RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_FLAG_PKCS1_NO_ASN1
+
+
 /**
  * Asymmetric crypto transformation types.
  * Each xform type maps to one asymmetric algorithm
@@ -118,6 +131,21 @@ enum rte_crypto_asym_op_type {
 	RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_LIST_END
 };
 
+enum rte_crypto_mgf {
+	RTE_CRYPTO_MGF_DEFAULT,
+	/**< Default mask generation function */
+	RTE_CRYPTO_MGF_MGF1_SHA1,
+	/**< MGF1 function with SHA1 hash algorithm */
+	RTE_CRYPTO_MGF_MGF1_SHA224,
+	/**< MGF1 function with SHA224 hash algorithm */
+	RTE_CRYPTO_MGF_MGF1_SHA256,
+	/**< MGF1 function with SHA256 hash algorithm */
+	RTE_CRYPTO_MGF_MGF1_SHA384,
+	/**< MGF1 function with SHA384 hash algorithm */
+	RTE_CRYPTO_MGF_MGF1_SHA512,
+	/**< MGF1 function with SHA512 hash algorithm */
+};
+
 /**
  * Padding types for RSA signature.
  */
@@ -162,6 +190,11 @@ enum rte_crypto_rsa_priv_key_type {
  * and the device supports CSRNG, 'data' should be set to NULL.
  * The crypto parameter in question will not be used by the PMD,
  * as it is internally generated.
+ *
+ * In case an allocated buffer is used to return data from the PMD,
+ * i.e. encrypted/decrypted data or signature, it should be allocated
+ * with enough memory to hold the expected output. The length field will be set
+ * with the length of the data returned by the PMD.
  */
 typedef struct rte_crypto_param_t {
 	uint8_t *data;
@@ -170,6 +203,8 @@ typedef struct rte_crypto_param_t {
 	/**< IO address of data buffer */
 	size_t length;
 	/**< length of data in bytes */
+	uint32_t capacity;
+	/**< capacity of this buffer in bytes */
 } rte_crypto_param;
 
 /** Unsigned big-integer in big-endian format */
@@ -311,6 +346,62 @@ struct rte_crypto_mod_op_param {
 };
 
 /**
+ * RSA padding type
+ */
+struct rte_crypto_rsa_padding {
+	enum rte_crypto_rsa_padding_type type;
+	/**< Type of RSA padding */
+	enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm hash;
+	/**<
+	 * RSA padding hash function
+	 *
+	 * When a specific padding type is selected, the following rules applies:
+	 * - RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_NONE:
+	 * This field is ignored by the PMD
+	 *
+	 * - RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PKCS1_5:
+	 * When signing operation this field is used to determine value
+	 * of the DigestInfo structure, therefore specifying which algorithm
+	 * was used to create the message digest.
+	 * When doing encryption/decryption this field is ignored for this
+	 * padding type.
+	 *
+	 * - RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_OAEP
+	 * This field shall be set with the hash algorithm used
+	 * in the padding scheme
+	 *
+	 * - RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PSS
+	 * This field shall be set with the hash algorithm used
+	 * in the padding scheme (and to create the input message digest)
+	 */
+	enum rte_crypto_mgf mgf;
+	/**<
+	 * RSA padding mask generation function
+	 *
+	 * Used only for OAEP and PSS padding, otherwise ignored
+	 * by the PMD.
+	 * If RTE_CRYPTO_MGF_DEFAULT is selected, the default mask generation
+	 * function defined by RFC standard is used with the hash function
+	 * selected in the hash field.
+	 */
+	uint16_t saltlen;
+	/**<
+	 * RSA PSS padding salt length
+	 *
+	 * Used only when RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PSS padding is selected,
+	 * otherwise ignored.
+	 */
+	rte_crypto_param label;
+	/**<
+	 * RSA OAEP padding optional label
+	 *
+	 * Used only when RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_OAEP padding is selected,
+	 * otherwise ignored. If label.data == NULL, a default label (empty string)
+	 * is used.
+	 */
+};
+
+/**
  * RSA operation params
  *
  */
@@ -318,72 +409,77 @@ struct rte_crypto_rsa_op_param {
 	enum rte_crypto_asym_op_type op_type;
 	/**< Type of RSA operation for transform */
 
-	rte_crypto_param message;
+	rte_crypto_param input;
 	/**<
-	 * Pointer to input data
-	 * - to be encrypted for RSA public encrypt.
-	 * - to be signed for RSA sign generation.
-	 * - to be authenticated for RSA sign verification.
+	 * When op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_ENCRYPT:
 	 *
-	 * Pointer to output data
-	 * - for RSA private decrypt.
-	 * In this case the underlying array should have been
-	 * allocated with enough memory to hold plaintext output
-	 * (i.e. must be at least RSA key size). The message.length
-	 * field should be 0 and will be overwritten by the PMD
-	 * with the decrypted length.
+	 * If padding.type = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_NONE
+	 * input should only be used along with cryptographically
+	 * secure padding scheme.
+	 * If padding.type = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PKCS1_5
+	 * input shall be no longer than public modulus minus 11.
+	 * If padding.type = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_OAEP
+	 * input shall be no longer than public modulus -
+	 * 2 * len(hash) - 2.
 	 *
-	 * All data is in Octet-string network byte order format.
-	 */
-
-	rte_crypto_param cipher;
-	/**<
-	 * Pointer to input data
-	 * - to be decrypted for RSA private decrypt.
+	 * When op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_SIGN:
+	 *
+	 * If padding.type = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_NONE
+	 * input should only be used along with cryptographically
+	 * secure padding scheme.	 *
+	 * If padding.type = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PKCS1_5 or
+	 * RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PSS
+	 * if the RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_FLAG_PT flag is set, input shall contain
+	 * the message to be signed, if this flag is not set, input shall contain
+	 * the digest of the message to be signed.
 	 *
-	 * Pointer to output data
-	 * - for RSA public encrypt.
-	 * In this case the underlying array should have been allocated
-	 * with enough memory to hold ciphertext output (i.e. must be
-	 * at least RSA key size). The cipher.length field should
-	 * be 0 and will be overwritten by the PMD with the encrypted length.
+	 * When op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_DECRYPT:
+	 * 
+	 * Input shall contain previously encrypted RSA message.
+	 *
+	 * When op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_VERIFY:
+	 *
+	 * Input shall contain signature to be verified
 	 *
-	 * All data is in Octet-string network byte order format.
 	 */
 
-	rte_crypto_param sign;
+	union { 
+		rte_crypto_param output;
+		rte_crypto_param message;
+	};
 	/**<
-	 * Pointer to input data
-	 * - to be verified for RSA public decrypt.
+	 * When op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_ENCRYPT:
+	 *
+	 * Output shall contain encrypted data, output.length shall
+	 * be set to the length of encrypted data.
+	 *	 
+	 * When op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_DECRYPT/RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_SIGN:
+	 *
+	 * If padding.type = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_NONE
+	 * output shall contain decrypted/signed data, but all leading zeros
+	 * shall be preserved. Therefore output.length should be
+	 * equal to the length of the modulus.
 	 *
-	 * Pointer to output data
-	 * - for RSA private encrypt.
-	 * In this case the underlying array should have been allocated
-	 * with enough memory to hold signature output (i.e. must be
-	 * at least RSA key size). The sign.length field should
-	 * be 0 and will be overwritten by the PMD with the signature length.
+	 * For other types of padding, output should contain
+	 * decrypted data, and output.length shall be set to the length
+	 * of decrypted data.
+	 * 
+	 * When op_type == RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_OP_VERIFY:
+	 * 
+	 * If padding.type = RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_NONE
+	 * output shall contain the public key decrypted signature.
+	 * All leading zeroes shall be preserved.
+	 *
+	 * For other padding types, the message should be set with data for the
+	 * signature to be compared with.
 	 *
-	 * All data is in Octet-string network byte order format.
 	 */
 
-	enum rte_crypto_rsa_padding_type pad;
-	/**< RSA padding scheme to be used for transform */
-
-	enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm md;
-	/**< Hash algorithm to be used for data hash if padding
-	 * scheme is either OAEP or PSS. Valid hash algorithms
-	 * are:
-	 * MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512
-	 */
+	struct rte_crypto_rsa_padding padding;
+	/**< RSA padding information */
 
-	enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm mgf1md;
-	/**<
-	 * Hash algorithm to be used for mask generation if
-	 * padding scheme is either OAEP or PSS. If padding
-	 * scheme is unspecified data hash algorithm is used
-	 * for mask generation. Valid hash algorithms are:
-	 * MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512
-	 */
+	uint64_t flags;
+	/**< RSA configuration flags */
 };
 
 /**
