doc: add FIPs self test description
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This patch updates the release note for the newly added self
test feature of FIPS validation sample application.
Signed-off-by: Fan Zhang <roy.fan.zhang@intel.com>
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doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
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24/01/2019 17:16, Fan Zhang:
> This patch updates the release note for the newly added self
> test feature of FIPS validation sample application.
>
> Signed-off-by: Fan Zhang <roy.fan.zhang@intel.com>
> ---
> +* **Added self test support to FIPS validation sample application.**
> +
> + The FIPS validation sample application has been added the KATS self test
> + functionality. The self test is meant for validating the PMD during the
> + system initialization. During the test a series of security operations
> + (cipher, hash, aead, etc.) are performed and checked the known answers.
> + Once any result does not match the answer the PMD is uninitialized and
> + removed from the system.
Not sure it is significant enough to appear in the new features of DPDK.
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@ New Features
the intel_pstate kernel driver is now supported, and automatically
detected by the library.
+* **Added self test support to FIPS validation sample application.**
+
+ The FIPS validation sample application has been added the KATS self test
+ functionality. The self test is meant for validating the PMD during the
+ system initialization. During the test a series of security operations
+ (cipher, hash, aead, etc.) are performed and checked the known answers.
+ Once any result does not match the answer the PMD is uninitialized and
+ removed from the system.
+
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