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

["Coyle, David" <david.coyle@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 3:52 PM
> 
> > 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 marked Superseded then.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.

[DC] Yes it can - I have tried to set it to Superseded but don't have permissions to
do that - guess one of the Maintainers needs to do that.
> 
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> David Marchand