[dpdk-dev,v2] doc: update release notes for rte_security
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Removed the deprication notice for ABI breakage and updated
release notes for rte_security.
Signed-off-by: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal@nxp.com>
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Changes in v2: incorporated comment from John
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 10 ----------
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
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07/11/2017 07:44, Akhil Goyal:
> Removed the deprication notice for ABI breakage and updated
> release notes for rte_security.
>
> Signed-off-by: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal@nxp.com>
Applied, thanks
@@ -50,16 +50,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
-* ethdev: new parameters - ``rte_security_capabilities`` and
- ``rte_security_ops`` will be added to ``rte_eth_dev_info`` and
- ``rte_eth_dev`` respectively to support security operations like
- ipsec inline.
-
-* cryptodev: new parameters - ``rte_security_capabilities`` and
- ``rte_security_ops`` will be added to ``rte_cryptodev_info`` and
- ``rte_cryptodev`` respectively to support security protocol offloaded
- operations.
-
* cryptodev: the following function is deprecated starting from 17.08 and will
be removed in 17.11:
@@ -208,6 +208,29 @@ New Features
applications to classify an input packet by matching it against a set of flow
rules. It uses the librte_table API to manage the flow rules.
+* **Added the Security Offload Library.**
+
+ Added an experimental library - rte_security. It provide security APIs for
+ protocols like IPSec using inline ipsec offload to ethernet device or full
+ protocol offload with lookaside crypto device.
+
+ See the "Security_Library" section of the DPDK Programmers Guide document,
+ for more information.
+
+* **Updated DPAA2_SEC crypto driver.**
+
+ Updated dpaa2_sec crypto PMD to support rte_security lookaside protocol
+ offload for IPSec.
+
+* **Updated IXGBE ethernet driver.**
+
+ Updated ixgbe ethernet PMD to support rte_security inline IPSec offload.
+
+* **Updated ipsec-secgw application**
+
+ Updated ipsec-secgw sample application to support rte_security actions for
+ ipsec inline and full protocol offload using lookaside crypto offload.
+
Resolved Issues
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@@ -422,6 +445,16 @@ ABI Changes
The size of the field ``port_id`` in the ``rte_eth_dev_data`` structure
changed, as described in the `New Features` section.
+* **New parameter added to rte_eth_dev.**
+
+ New parameter ``security_ctx`` added to ``rte_eth_dev`` to support security
+ operations like IPSec inline.
+
+* **New parameter added to rte_cryptodev.**
+
+ New parameter ``security_ctx`` added to ``rte_cryptodev`` to support security
+ operations like lookaside crypto.
+
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