On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 1:04 PM <jer...@marvell.com> wrote: > > From: Jerin Jacob <jer...@marvell.com> > > Update the armv8 crypto PMD maintainership. > > https://github.com/caviumnetworks/armv8_crypto external crypto > the library will not be maintained and probably removed soon > therefor updating the PMD documentation to reflect the same. > > Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jer...@marvell.com>
Ping for merge. > --- > > This patch is based on the discussion of the following thread > http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-October/146005.html > > In summary, > # ARMv8 crypto PMD depends on an external library owned > by Marvell, specifically crafted to the DPDK performance use case. > # There is no upstream path to this library and it > will not be maintained due to that fact that it > a) Creates fragmentation of the SW > b) Contribution policy concerning external Github Repos > c) None other than Marvell can contribute to this library and this makes > difficult for other stakeholder to use it. > > # As the maintainer, I would like to make forward progress by providing > the following options. None of the options are converging as the result > I would like to step down from the maintainership of the > incomplete PMD as I don't see any options for collaboration, > improvement in the library nor follows the open source philosophy > in the way it is structured out now. > > option 1) Move external library(BSD-3 license) to dpdk.org > so that every armv8 vendors can contribute, improve and > avoid SW fragmentation and therefore better quality. > > option 2) If option 1 is not possible, remove the incomplete PMD > from dpdk.org and maintain the existing PMD as the external one by > each vendor. This won't change much in the existing situation as > this PMD is not standalone and anyway depended on an external code > base. > > I am glad/help to execute option 1 or 2 or help to a new maintainer > if he/she would like to step up and take ownership. > > --- > MAINTAINERS | 1 - > doc/guides/cryptodevs/armv8.rst | 3 +-- > 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > index b02066270..8096d93c4 100644 > --- a/MAINTAINERS > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > @@ -918,7 +918,6 @@ F: doc/guides/cryptodevs/ccp.rst > F: doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/ccp.ini > > ARMv8 Crypto > -M: Jerin Jacob <jer...@marvell.com> > F: drivers/crypto/armv8/ > F: doc/guides/cryptodevs/armv8.rst > F: doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/armv8.ini > diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/armv8.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/armv8.rst > index 1ab40096e..ada2a774d 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/armv8.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/armv8.rst > @@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ Installation > > In order to enable this virtual crypto PMD, user must: > > -* Download ARMv8 crypto library source code from > - `here <https://github.com/caviumnetworks/armv8_crypto>`_ > +* Use ARMv8 crypto library source code from vendor SDK > > * Export the environmental variable ARMV8_CRYPTO_LIB_PATH with > the path where the ``armv8_crypto`` library was downloaded > -- > 2.23.0 >
