2016-12-07 11:44, Akhil Goyal:
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monja...@6wind.com]
> 2016-12-07 06:24, Akhil Goyal:
> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monja...@6wind.com]
> > 2016-12-05 18:25, Akhil Goyal:
> > > FLib is a library which helps in making the descriptors which is
> > > understood by NXP's SEC hardware.
> > > This patch provides header files for command words which can be used
> > > for descritptor formation.
> >
> > It seems this code is old. Does it exist as a standalone library somewhere?
> [Akhil] Let me correct here. This is not a library. This is a set of header
> files.
Use the name you want but please be consistent. You said above:
"FLib is a library"
and now
"This is not a library"
Funny :)
> Yes this is an old code. This is generally shipped with NXP SDK.
>
> > Where was it hosted before duplicating it in DPDK?
> [Akhil] This is part of NXP SDK and also available at git.freescale.com.
So it is not a DPDK code.
It should be a standalone library (or set of headers) and packaged as well.
> > Why do you want to have a common directory drivers/common/dpaa2/flib
> > instead of a sub-directory in the crypto driver?
> [Akhil] I agree with your suggestion. This can be maintained within
> drivers/crypto as a common header files set for different NXP Architecture
> crypto drivers.
Yes it can be in drivers/crypto/ or not in DPDK at all.
