> Add support for mlx5 crypto pmd on Windows OS. > Add changes to release note and pmd guide. > > Signed-off-by: Tal Shnaiderman <tal...@nvidia.com> > Acked-by: Matan Azrad <ma...@nvidia.com> > --- > doc/guides/cryptodevs/mlx5.rst | 15 ++++++++++++--- > doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst | 1 + > drivers/common/mlx5/version.map | 2 +- > drivers/common/mlx5/windows/mlx5_common_os.c | 2 +- > drivers/crypto/mlx5/meson.build | 4 ++-- > 5 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/mlx5.rst > b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/mlx5.rst > index 68bfdf3a83..7338c0c493 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/mlx5.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/mlx5.rst > @@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ or to access the hardware components directly. > There are different levels of objects and bypassing abilities. > To get the best performances: > > -- Verbs is a complete high-level generic API. > -- Direct Verbs is a device-specific API. > +- Verbs is a complete high-level generic API (Linux only). > +- Direct Verbs is a device-specific API (Linux only). > - DevX allows to access firmware objects. > > Enabling ``librte_crypto_mlx5`` causes DPDK applications > -to be linked against libibverbs. > +to be linked against libibverbs on Linux OS. > > In order to move the device to crypto operational mode, credential and KEK > (Key Encrypting Key) should be set as the first step. > @@ -155,8 +155,17 @@ Limitations > Prerequisites > ------------- > > +Linux Prerequisites > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > + > - Mellanox OFED version: **5.3** > see :doc:`../../nics/mlx5` guide for more Mellanox OFED details. > > - Compilation can be done also with rdma-core v15+. > see :doc:`../../nics/mlx5` guide for more rdma-core details. > + > +Windows Prerequisites > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > + > +- Mellanox WINOF-2 version: **2.60** or higher. > + see :doc:`../../nics/mlx5` guide for more Mellanox WINOF-2 details.
I do not see a way to cross compile this driver with MinGW. How are we expected to Test compilation for such cases? Do we need to build it over Windows? I personally don't Think it is a good idea. Others please suggest.
