X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fcryptodevs%2Faesni_gcm.rst;h=e0346080a99a4b6e6db6eab983ff4da7fca5ff44;hb=a9de470cc7c0649221e156fc5f30a2dbdfe7c166;hp=31988bf74c6ac7318ef960f6a78485b3f8400d94;hpb=b79e4c00af0e7cfb8601ab0208659d226b82bd10;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_gcm.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_gcm.rst index 31988bf74c..e0346080a9 100644 --- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_gcm.rst +++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_gcm.rst @@ -1,39 +1,13 @@ -.. BSD LICENSE - Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. - - Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without - modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions - are met: - - * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright - notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. - * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright - notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in - the documentation and/or other materials provided with the - distribution. - * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its - contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived - from this software without specific prior written permission. - - THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS - "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT - LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR - A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT - OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, - SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT - LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, - DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY - THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT - (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE - OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause + Copyright(c) 2016-2017 Intel Corporation. AES-NI GCM Crypto Poll Mode Driver ================================== The AES-NI GCM PMD (**librte_pmd_aesni_gcm**) provides poll mode crypto driver -support for utilizing Intel ISA-L crypto library, which provides operation acceleration -through the AES-NI instruction sets for AES-GCM authenticated cipher algorithm. +support for utilizing Intel multi buffer library (see AES-NI Multi-buffer PMD documentation +to learn more about it, including installation). Features -------- @@ -49,19 +23,50 @@ AEAD algorithms: * RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM +Limitations +----------- + +* Chained mbufs are supported but only out-of-place (destination mbuf must be contiguous). +* Cipher only is not supported. + + Installation ------------ -To build DPDK with the AESNI_GCM_PMD the user is required to install -the ``libisal_crypto`` library in the build environment. -For download and more details please visit ``_. +To build DPDK with the AESNI_GCM_PMD the user is required to download the multi-buffer +library from `here `_ +and compile it on their user system before building DPDK. +The latest version of the library supported by this PMD is v0.50, which +can be downloaded in ``_. + +.. code-block:: console + + make + make install + +As a reference, the following table shows a mapping between the past DPDK versions +and the external crypto libraries supported by them: + +.. _table_aesni_gcm_versions: + +.. table:: DPDK and external crypto library version compatibility + + ============= ================================ + DPDK version Crypto library version + ============= ================================ + 16.04 - 16.11 Multi-buffer library 0.43 - 0.44 + 17.02 - 17.05 ISA-L Crypto v2.18 + 17.08 - 18.02 Multi-buffer library 0.46 - 0.48 + 18.05+ Multi-buffer library 0.49+ + ============= ================================ + Initialization -------------- In order to enable this virtual crypto PMD, user must: -* Install the ISA-L crypto library (explained in Installation section). +* Build the multi buffer library (explained in Installation section). * Set CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_AESNI_GCM=y in config/common_base. @@ -84,11 +89,5 @@ Example: .. code-block:: console - ./l2fwd-crypto -l 6 -n 4 --vdev="crypto_aesni_gcm,socket_id=1,max_nb_sessions=128" - -Limitations ------------ - -* Chained mbufs are supported but only out-of-place (destination mbuf must be contiguous). -* Hash only is not supported. -* Cipher only is not supported. + ./l2fwd-crypto -l 1 -n 4 --vdev="crypto_aesni_gcm,socket_id=0,max_nb_sessions=128" \ + -- -p 1 --cdev SW --chain AEAD --aead_algo "aes-gcm"