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From: Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>
To: Honnappa Nagarahalli <Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com>,
	"yskoh@mellanox.com" <yskoh@mellanox.com>
Cc: "thomas@monjalon.net" <thomas@monjalon.net>,
	"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	"bruce.richardson@intel.com" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
	Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>,
	Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>,
	"Gavin Hu (Arm Technology China)" <Gavin.Hu@arm.com>,
	"stable@dpdk.org" <stable@dpdk.org>,
	Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>, nd <nd@arm.com>,
	nd <nd@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2] build: disable armv8 crypto extension
Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 12:02:01 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BYAPR18MB242425E75D5B41BE619EEE3AC8310@BYAPR18MB2424.namprd18.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <VE1PR08MB5149588FD564F972C35D511E98310@VE1PR08MB5149.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Honnappa Nagarahalli <Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 4:34 PM
> To: Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>; yskoh@mellanox.com
> Cc: thomas@monjalon.net; dev@dpdk.org; bruce.richardson@intel.com; Pavan
> Nikhilesh Bhagavatula <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>; Shahaf Shuler
> <shahafs@mellanox.com>; Gavin Hu (Arm Technology China)
> <Gavin.Hu@arm.com>; stable@dpdk.org; Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>;
> nd <nd@arm.com>; nd <nd@arm.com>
> Subject: [EXT] RE: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2] build: disable armv8 crypto
> extension
> 
> > > Subject: [EXT] Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2] build: disable armv8
> > > crypto extension
> > >
> > > > On May 3, 2019, at 10:50 AM, Yongseok Koh <yskoh@mellanox.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I think this change might have an impact on the existing users.
> > > >> Does this change need to be documented somewhere (at least in the
> > > >> release
> > > notes)?
> > > >
> > > > Practically, there would be no impact. Even if user's app makes
> > > > use of crypto instructions, the build config of the app should have the flag.
> > >
> > > On IRC, I could see you concerned about the case where user app
> > > derives build flags from DPDK like apps under the examples directory.
> > > Yes, that's a valid concern.
> >
> > Is there any DPDK example application would depend on the armv8 crypto
> > flags? IMO, None of the applications are directly using armv8 crypto
> It is not about DPDK's example application. We have control over that.
> 
> > instruction. Even such as comes for any external DPDK app which is not
> > in dpdk.org tree then it can be added in APP makefile.
> > IMO, app writes should be aware of the need for using +crypto if
> > he/she using the crypto instruction.
> Agree. But, it might be that the app writer might have depended on the +crypto
> coming from DPDK build system, in which case, she/he needs to know the
> change through release notes?
> 
> I do not think it needs to be documented anywhere else.

Agree and no harm in updating the release notes.

> 
> >
> > >
> > > Thomas/Jerin, where could be the best spot to document it? Just
> > > release note?
> > > I think release note would be fine.
> >

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-05-07 12:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-02  1:58 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] build: add option for " Yongseok Koh
2019-05-02  1:58 ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-02  1:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] mk: disable armv8 crypto extension for Mellanox BlueField Yongseok Koh
2019-05-02  1:58   ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-02  4:12   ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-02  4:12     ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-02  5:40     ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-02  5:40       ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-03  4:01       ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-03  4:01         ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-02  4:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] build: add option for armv8 crypto extension Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-02  4:13   ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-02  5:46   ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-02  5:46     ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-02 10:00     ` Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
2019-05-02 10:00       ` Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
2019-05-03  3:57     ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-03  3:57       ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-03  9:57       ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-03  9:57         ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-03 12:28 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] build: disable " Yongseok Koh
2019-05-03 12:28   ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-03 15:02   ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-03 15:02     ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-03 16:10     ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-03 16:10       ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-03 17:50       ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-03 17:50         ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-06 21:46         ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " Yongseok Koh
2019-05-06 21:46           ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-07  7:59           ` Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
2019-05-07  7:59             ` Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
2019-05-07 11:03             ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-07 11:03               ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-07 12:02               ` Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran [this message]
2019-05-07 12:02                 ` Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
2019-05-03 22:13   ` [dpdk-dev] " Dharmik Thakkar
2019-05-03 22:13     ` Dharmik Thakkar
2019-05-06 21:41     ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-06 21:41       ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-07 21:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] " Yongseok Koh
2019-05-07 21:11   ` Yongseok Koh
2019-05-13 19:26   ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-05-13 19:26     ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2019-06-03 23:11     ` Thomas Monjalon

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