[PATCH v3 4/4] doc: add readme file for acvp_tool

[Brandon Lo <blo@iol.unh.edu>]

This readme file contains instructions to set up
and use the acvp_tool.

Signed-off-by: Brandon Lo <blo@iol.unh.edu>
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+The ACVP tool is a general tool for interacting with the NIST ACVP API
+in order to test different cryptographic implementations.
+
+It produces machine-readable output for parsing in a CI environment.
+
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+There are also packages you need to download from the requirements.txt file:
+* pyotp
+* requests
+
+The tool expects that you have all the credential files from NIST:
+* Client certificate (usually a .cer file from NIST)
+* Key file for the certificate
+* Time-based one-time password seed file (usually a .txt file from NIST)
+
+The path to each file must be stored in an environment variable:
+$ACVP_SEED_FILE  =  Path to the TOTP seed .txt file    (given by NIST).
+$ACVP_CERT_FILE  =  Path to the client .cer/.crt file  (given by NIST).
+$ACVP_KEY_FILE   =  Path to the certificate key file   (generated by user).
+
+If you do not have the required files from NIST, you must email them
+to create demo credentials.
+https://pages.nist.gov/ACVP/#access
+
+
+Setup
+-----
+
+After setting the environment variables as described in the
+"Requirements" section, you will need to edit the acvp_config.json file.
+
+The acvp_config.json file is expected to be a json object
+containing two keys: "url" and "algorithms"
+
+"url" must be the base URL string of the API you want to use.
+"algorithms" must be an array of algorithm objects as detailed in the
+ACVP API specification here:
+https://github.com/usnistgov/ACVP/wiki/ACVTS-End-User-Documentation
+
+Now you can use the acvp_tool.py script to register a test session,
+upload the results, and download the verdict.
+
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+To see all options available, use the --help flag.
+
+First, register and download a new test session with the tool:
+    acvp_tool.py --request $DOWNLOAD_PATH
+The file written to $DOWNLOAD_PATH will contain both the session information
+and the test vectors.
+
+You should use the DPDK FIPS validation example application to test
+the vectors in this file. The example application will generate
+the result file which is uploaded back to the ACVP API.
+
+After running tests with the vector file, you can submit the result:
+    acvp_tool.py --response $RESULT_PATH --upload
+where $RESULT_PATH is the path of the file containing the answers.
+
+Once you submit your results, you can do
+    acvp_tool.py --response $RESULT_PATH --verdict $VERDICT_PATH
+where $VERDICT_PATH is where you want to save the verdict information.
+The verdict file will contain the result of each test case submitted.
+
+You can also combine the options:
+    acvp_tool.py --response $RESULT_PATH --upload --verdict $VERDICT_PATH
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