doc: add note on multiple crypto vdevs
authorVipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
Tue, 6 Feb 2018 16:11:57 +0000 (21:41 +0530)
committerThomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Tue, 6 Feb 2018 21:29:26 +0000 (22:29 +0100)
Add information to explain applications using multiple instances of sw
crypto with example.

Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
Acked-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
doc/guides/prog_guide/cryptodev_lib.rst

index 2b338b9..d11e377 100644 (file)
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ From the command line using the --vdev EAL option
 
    --vdev  'crypto_aesni_mb0,max_nb_queue_pairs=2,max_nb_sessions=1024,socket_id=0'
 
+.. Note::
+
+   * If DPDK application requires multiple software crypto PMD devices then required
+     number of ``--vdev`` with appropriate libraries are to be added.
+
+   * An Application with crypto PMD instaces sharing the same library requires unique ID.
+
+   Example: ``--vdev  'crypto_aesni_mb0' --vdev  'crypto_aesni_mb1'``
+
 Our using the rte_vdev_init API within the application code.
 
 .. code-block:: c