[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/6] add support for DOCSIS protocol

[David Marchand]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 12:36 PM David Coyle <david.coyle at intel.com> wrote:
> A number of approaches to combine DOCSIS Crypto and CRC functions have
> been discussed in the DPDK community to date, namely:
> 1) adding a new rte_accelerator API, to provide a generic interface for
>    combining operations of different types
> 2) using rawdev through a multi-function interface, again to provide a
>    generic interface for combining operations of different types
> 3) adding support for DOCSIS Crypto-CRC to rte_security
>
> The third option above is the preferred approach for the following
> reasons:
> - it addresses the immediate use case to add DOCSIS Crypto-CRC support to
>   DPDK so that it can be consumed easily by cable equipment vendors
> - it uses an already existing framework in DPDK
> - it will mean much less code churn in DOCSIS applications, which already
>   use rte_cryptodev for encryption/decryption

I guess https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=9304 can
be marked Superseded then.
Thanks.

-- 
David Marchand