doc: update minimum requirement of l2fwd-crypto
authorVipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
Mon, 5 Feb 2018 17:32:07 +0000 (23:02 +0530)
committerThomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Tue, 6 Feb 2018 21:29:26 +0000 (22:29 +0100)
Added note section to update information for use cases working with
multiple crypto devices.

Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
Acked-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l2_forward_crypto.rst

index 1e85b4a..fddfd1b 100644 (file)
@@ -199,6 +199,14 @@ To run the application in linuxapp environment with 2 lcores, 2 ports and 2 cryp
 Refer to the *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on running applications
 and the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) options.
 
+.. Note::
+
+    * The ``l2fwd-crypto`` sample application requires IPv4 packets for crypto operation.
+
+    * If multiple Ethernet ports is passed, then equal number of crypto devices are to be passed.
+
+    * All crypto devices shall use the same session.
+
 Explanation
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