RE: [EXT] [PATCH v2 8/8] crypto/ipsec_mb: set and use session ID

["Power, Ciara" <ciara.power@intel.com>]

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> From: Honnappa Nagarahalli <Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com>
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> Subject: Re: [EXT] [PATCH v2 8/8] crypto/ipsec_mb: set and use session ID
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> > On Feb 20, 2024, at 11:01 PM, Patrick Robb <probb@iol.unh.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
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> > On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 5:44 AM Fangming Fang
> <Fangming.Fang@arm.com> wrote:
> > v1.4 release on the arm repo breaks DPDK We have reverted the Arm
> > library version to 1.3.0 to work around this issue according to Pablo's
> suggestion. The library fixing this issue is tagged as SECLIB-IPSEC-2023.06.20.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Fangming
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> > Does anyone know if there are plans to bring the arm ipsec-mb repo to v1.4,
> or plans to advance any of the other ideas which were put forth in this
> conversation? DPDK 24.03 will require ipsec 1.4 or greater, and there is a
> patch pending to that effect.
> >
> > We do run some testing at the Community Lab on ARM which installs the
> ipsec-mb library, and runs ZUC and Snow3G autotests with their respective
> crypto vdev pmds. As noted here the the build fails from the v1.4 tag on arm,
> and the SECLIB-IPSEC-2023.06.20 cannot be used for 24.03. If it won't be
> possible to install ipsec-mb on ARM for use with 24.03 I will have to take that
> test coverage offline. I just want to check to see if there is a workaround I've
> missed or some planned work on the horizon which will unblock this. Thanks.
> I am not sure about the current plans, we will get back on this soon.


Hi folks,

We had based the ipsec-mb version bump to 1.4 on both intel ipsec-mb and arm ipsec-mb supporting that version, so both could still use the Ipsec-mb SW PMDs.
I based the arm support from the repo main branch (https://gitlab.arm.com/arm-reference-solutions/ipsec-mb/-/tree/main)
It's version is 1.4 and looks like some of the code changes from intel-ipsec-mb 1.4 have been merged in (e.g. imb_set_session function which is 1.4+).
I know there was issues before with it being tagged as 1.4 too soon - is that still the case, or is the main branch up to date now with intel-ipsec-mb 1.4?

Thanks,
Ciara