> >Why do we need this change? > >The existing test case is to demonstrate a generic case where we can have an > >auth only trailer as well. It is similar to a case of IPSEC ESN but not > >exactly > >IPSec. Cipher offset can be anything as per the app requirement. > >I don't think there is anything wrong in the vector. It should pass in every > >hardware without any issue. > [Ankur] It's a limitation in OCTEON TX PMDs that the (encr offset - auth > offset) > should be 8 bytes aligned. > In the IPSEC ESN scenario generally the offsets will be such. > But in the above IPSEC ESN test vector, this requirement is not met and hence > the associated test cases fails on the PMD.
In that case, I think it is better to have a separate test vector and both should be executed. With the previous one as not supported in your case and this one will be supported.
