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diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/mrvl.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/mrvl.rst index 4e992fbb..6a0b08c5 100644 --- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/mrvl.rst +++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/mrvl.rst @@ -70,13 +70,6 @@ Limitations * Hardware only supports scenarios where ICV (digest buffer) is placed just after the authenticated data. Other placement will result in error. -* Before running crypto test suite it is advised to increase limit of - opened files: - - .. code-block:: console - - ulimit -n 20000 - Installation ------------ @@ -92,20 +85,18 @@ Currently there are two driver specific compilation options in Toggle display of debugging messages. -During compilation external MUSDK library, which provides direct access -to Marvell's EIP197 cryptographic engine, is necessary. Library sources are -available `here <https://github.com/MarvellEmbeddedProcessors/musdk-marvell/tree/musdk-armada-17.08>`__. +For a list of prerequisites please refer to `Prerequisites` section in +:ref:`MRVL Poll Mode Driver <mrvl_poll_mode_driver>` guide. -Alternatively, prebuilt library can be downloaded from -`Marvell Extranet <https://extranet.marvell.com>`_. Once approval has been -granted, library can be found by typing ``musdk`` in the search box. +MRVL CRYPTO PMD requires MUSDK built with EIP197 support thus following +extra option must be passed to the library configuration script: -For MUSDK library build instructions please refer to ``doc/musdk_get_started.txt`` -in library sources directory. +.. code-block:: console + + --enable-sam -MUSDK requires out of tree kernel modules to work. Kernel tree needed to build -them is available -`here <https://github.com/MarvellEmbeddedProcessors/linux-marvell/tree/linux-4.4.52-armada-17.08>`__. +For `crypto_safexcel.ko` module build instructions please refer +to `doc/musdk_get_started.txt`. Initialization -------------- @@ -121,10 +112,6 @@ loaded: insmod mv_sam_uio.ko insmod crypto_safexcel.ko -- `musdk_uio.ko`, `mv_pp2_uio.ko` and `mv_sam_uio.ko` are distributed together with MUSDK library. -- `crypto_safexcel.ko` is an in-kernel module. -- `mvpp2x_sysfs.ko` can be build from sources available `here <https://github.com/MarvellEmbeddedProcessors/mvpp2x-marvell/tree/mvpp2x-armada-17.08>`__. - The following parameters (all optional) are exported by the driver: * max_nb_queue_pairs: maximum number of queue pairs in the device (8 by default). |