Hi, The purpose of the Multi-function API is to enable a broader set of transforms that aren't compression /crypto specific (CRC for example) We had quite a few discussions on Multi-function in the mails below
http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-February/157045.html http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-March/159189.html The v2 patchset will be ready for this in the coming days and we will include a cover-letter describing the feature and referencing back to the RFC discussion this time around Regards, Mairtin -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 10:31 PM To: O'loingsigh, Mairtin <mairtin.oloings...@intel.com> Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] raw/common: introduce the Multi-function API Hi, 16/03/2020 20:21, Mairtin o Loingsigh: > Multi-function API allows user to chain xforms of various types > together in a single operation Please could you elaborate a bit more? Which problem are you trying to address? What is the design? How it can be used? For such feature proposal, I recommend a design discussion before starting the development.