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| author |   Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com> | 2018-11-01 11:59:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com> | 2018-11-01 12:00:19 +0000 |
| commit | 8d01b9cd70a67cdafd5b965a70420c3bd7fb3f82 (patch) | |
| tree | 208e3bc33c220854d89d010e3abf720a2e62e546 /doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_framework.rst | |
| parent | b63264c8342e6a1b6971c79550d2af2024b6a4de (diff) | |
New upstream version 18.11-rc1upstream/18.11-rc1
Change-Id: Iaa71986dd6332e878d8f4bf493101b2bbc6313bb
Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_framework.rst')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_framework.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_framework.rst index f0b48566..48d25750 100644 --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_framework.rst +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_framework.rst @@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ Port Types | | | character device. | | | | | +---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | 9 | Sym_crypto | Output port used to extract DPDK Cryptodev operations from a fixed offset of the | + | | | packet and then enqueue to the Cryptodev PMD. Input port used to dequeue the | + | | | Cryptodev operations from the Cryptodev PMD and then retrieve the packets from them. | + +---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Port Interface ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -1078,6 +1082,11 @@ with each table entry having its own set of enabled user actions and its own cop | | | checksum. | | | | | +---+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | 7 | Sym Crypto | Generate Cryptodev session based on the user-specified algorithm | + | | | and key(s), and assemble the cryptodev operation based on the | + | | | predefined offsets. | + | | | | + +---+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Multicore Scaling ----------------- @@ -1133,7 +1142,7 @@ Typical devices with acceleration capabilities are: * Inline accelerators: NICs, switches, FPGAs, etc; -* Look-aside accelerators: chipsets, FPGAs, etc. +* Look-aside accelerators: chipsets, FPGAs, Intel QuickAssist, etc. Usually, to support a specific functional block, specific implementation of Packet Framework tables and/or ports and/or actions has to be provided for each accelerator, with all the implementations sharing the same API: pure SW implementation (no acceleration), implementation using accelerator A, implementation using accelerator B, etc. |