> -----Original Message----- > From: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 3:52 PM > > > A number of approaches to combine DOCSIS Crypto and CRC functions > have > > been discussed in the DPDK community to date, namely: > > 1) adding a new rte_accelerator API, to provide a generic interface for > > combining operations of different types > > 2) using rawdev through a multi-function interface, again to provide a > > generic interface for combining operations of different types > > 3) adding support for DOCSIS Crypto-CRC to rte_security > > > > The third option above is the preferred approach for the following > > reasons: > > - it addresses the immediate use case to add DOCSIS Crypto-CRC support to > > DPDK so that it can be consumed easily by cable equipment vendors > > - it uses an already existing framework in DPDK > > - it will mean much less code churn in DOCSIS applications, which already > > use rte_cryptodev for encryption/decryption > > I guess https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=9304 can be > marked Superseded then. > Thanks.
[DC] Yes it can - I have tried to set it to Superseded but don't have permissions to do that - guess one of the Maintainers needs to do that. > > -- > David Marchand
