[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 10/10] doc/rel_notes: added note for SW Crypto PMD change

Ciara Power ciara.power at intel.com
Wed Sep 29 18:30:35 CEST 2021


The SW Crypto PMDs were consolidated into one IPSec_MB PMD.
This patch adds a release note to highlight this change.

Signed-off-by: Ciara Power <ciara.power at intel.com>

---
v3: Modified release note wording and added CHACHA20-POLY1305.
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
index 3beecb2392..7c5a46470c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
@@ -81,6 +81,21 @@ New Features
   * Added PMD to support chacha20-poly1305 algorithms to IPSec_MB PMD framework.
   * Test vector added for chacha20-poly1305 SGL test.
 
+* **Consolidated SW Crypto PMDs with IPSec_MB dependency.**
+
+  Intel SW Crypto PMDS that depend on the IPSec_MB library were
+  consolidated into a single source folder so that common code can
+  be shared between them. The usage and EAL options of these PMDs
+  are the same as before.
+  This change includes:
+
+  * AESNI_MB PMD.
+  * AESNI_GCM PMD.
+  * KASUMI PMD.
+  * SNOW3G PMD.
+  * ZUC PMD.
+  * CHACHA20-POLY1305 PMD.
+
 * **Updated Marvell cnxk crypto PMD.**
 
   * Added AES-CBC SHA1-HMAC support in lookaside protocol (IPsec) for CN10K.
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2.25.1



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