From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D990568F7 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2017 18:22:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga005.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.32]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 26 Apr 2017 09:22:17 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.37,255,1488873600"; d="scan'208";a="94117950" Received: from irsmsx110.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.3.25]) by fmsmga005.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 26 Apr 2017 09:22:16 -0700 Received: from irsmsx156.ger.corp.intel.com (10.108.20.68) by irsmsx110.ger.corp.intel.com (163.33.3.25) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.319.2; Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:22:15 +0100 Received: from irsmsx101.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.1.187]) by IRSMSX156.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.3.246]) with mapi id 14.03.0319.002; Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:22:15 +0100 From: "Trahe, Fiona" To: Aravamudan Srivathsan , "dev@dpdk.org" CC: "Trahe, Fiona" , "Doherty, Declan" Thread-Topic: OpenSSL Cryptodev PMD and openssl engine Thread-Index: AQHSvmGSnYRpZRHM60GD6gL1Vl9cBqHXz1mQ Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:22:15 +0000 Message-ID: <348A99DA5F5B7549AA880327E580B435891EB092@IRSMSX101.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <5E2018A4-BCC8-4D0A-AD95-A70883D28997@technicolor.com> In-Reply-To: <5E2018A4-BCC8-4D0A-AD95-A70883D28997@technicolor.com> Accept-Language: en-IE, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-version: 10.0.102.7 dlp-reaction: no-action x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.182] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] OpenSSL Cryptodev PMD and openssl engine X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:22:19 -0000 Hi Srivathsan,=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Aravamudan > Srivathsan > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 8:49 AM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Subject: [dpdk-dev] OpenSSL Cryptodev PMD and openssl engine >=20 > Hi All, >=20 > We have a openssl engine available. Is it possible to use the openssl Cry= pto > PMD to do the hardware offloading? I am trying to see if i can avoid writ= ing > the cryptopmd also to reuse the use of the device shared between the DPDK > and other process. >=20 > Thank you > Srivathsan It might be possible to plug your openssl engine in below the openssl PMD, but you would lose the advantage of offloading bursts to the hardware and=20 would add an extra translation layer on the data path so it would likely not be a performant solution. Can you clarify a little how you want to share the device? i.e. is the other process using the device directly with openssl and is the DPDK= process for IPSec or is this also for ssl? =20