From: Akhil Goyal Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 06:44:28 +0000 (+0530) Subject: doc: add security library to release notes X-Git-Tag: spdx-start~881 X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?p=dpdk.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=6db0713e25235af4c4e4f9350d0bdfd84c1980a7 doc: add security library to release notes Removed the deprication notice for ABI breakage and updated release notes for rte_security. Signed-off-by: Akhil Goyal --- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index d38ce5c0ac..7fcebf130f 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -43,15 +43,5 @@ Deprecation Notices Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most PMDs have switched to rte_flow. -* ethdev: new parameters - ``rte_security_capabilities`` and - ``rte_security_ops`` will be added to ``rte_eth_dev_info`` and - ``rte_eth_dev`` respectively to support security operations like - ipsec inline. - -* cryptodev: new parameters - ``rte_security_capabilities`` and - ``rte_security_ops`` will be added to ``rte_cryptodev_info`` and - ``rte_cryptodev`` respectively to support security protocol offloaded - operations. - * librte_meter: The API will change to accommodate configuration profiles. Most of the API functions will have an additional opaque parameter. diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst index 2ea963c968..5cbc52df6d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst @@ -170,6 +170,29 @@ New Features that displays more detailed breakdown of CPU cycles used by hardware acceleration. +* **Added the Security Offload Library.** + + Added an experimental library - rte_security. It provide security APIs for + protocols like IPSec using inline ipsec offload to ethernet device or full + protocol offload with lookaside crypto device. + + See the "Security_Library" section of the DPDK Programmers Guide document, + for more information. + +* **Updated DPAA2_SEC crypto driver.** + + Updated dpaa2_sec crypto PMD to support rte_security lookaside protocol + offload for IPSec. + +* **Updated IXGBE ethernet driver.** + + Updated ixgbe ethernet PMD to support rte_security inline IPSec offload. + +* **Updated ipsec-secgw application** + + Updated ipsec-secgw sample application to support rte_security actions for + ipsec inline and full protocol offload using lookaside crypto offload. + * **Added IOMMU support to libvhost-user** Implemented device IOTLB in Vhost-user backend, and enabled Virtio's IOMMU @@ -462,6 +485,16 @@ ABI Changes The size of the field ``port_id`` in the ``rte_eth_dev_data`` structure changed, as described in the `New Features` section. +* **New parameter added to rte_eth_dev.** + + New parameter ``security_ctx`` added to ``rte_eth_dev`` to support security + operations like IPSec inline. + +* **New parameter added to rte_cryptodev.** + + New parameter ``security_ctx`` added to ``rte_cryptodev`` to support security + operations like lookaside crypto. + Removed Items -------------