[dpdk-dev] ZUC PMD as shared library

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Wed Oct 12 09:22:38 CEST 2016


2016-10-12 02:23, De Lara Guarch, Pablo:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> > 
> > Hi Pablo,
> > 
> > You are probably aware of the issue, but I would like to make it clear
> > in case someone else run into the same trouble:
> > 
> > It is impossible to build the ZUC crypto PMD as a shared library:
> > 
> > libsso-zuc-0.1.1/build/libsso_zuc.a(sso_zuc_yasm.o):
> > 	relocation R_X86_64_32 against `EK_d' can not be used
> > 	when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
> > 
> > The library libsso-zuc-0.1.1 needs an update to make the asm code
> > relocatable.
> > Should we explicit this limitation in the PMD doc?
> 
> Sorry for not replying to this earlier.
> Yes, you are right, thanks for pointing it out.
> I think the same problem is in KASUMI, so I will send a doc update for both PMDs.

No, KASUMI works as shared library, because there is no asm code.

Documenting the bug would be nice as a first step.
But it is a serious bug, so a fix in ZUC library is highly desirable.


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