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@@ -1,32 +1,5 @@
-.. BSD LICENSE
- Copyright(c) 2016-2017 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
-
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-
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ Copyright(c) 2016-2017 Intel Corporation.
Cryptography Device Library
===========================
@@ -70,6 +43,15 @@ 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