Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC][PATCH] bbdev: add raw operation support for additional offloads

2021-04-13 Thread Chautru, Nicolas
Initial question from a quick look, If you need a raw driver, cannot this be done by existing rawdev driver? Why should that fall under bbdev then? > -Original Message- > From: Hemant Agrawal > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2021 10:00 PM > To: dev@dpdk.org; gak...@marvell.com; Chautru, Nicol

[dpdk-dev] [RFC][PATCH] bbdev: add raw operation support for additional offloads

2021-04-12 Thread Hemant Agrawal
The exisiting bbdev APIs are limited for the lookaside FEC offload only. The modem/FPGA can do much more than just the FEC offload. This patch extend the operation to userdefined raw parameters, where they can offload more than just the FEC offload processing. e.g. some of the devices are capable