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1d30ea906Sjfb8856606..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
2d30ea906Sjfb8856606    Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation.
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4a9643ea8SlogwangNull Crypto Poll Mode Driver
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7*2d9fd380Sjfb8856606The Null Crypto PMD (**librte_crypto_null**) provides a crypto poll mode
8a9643ea8Slogwangdriver which provides a minimal implementation for a software crypto device. As
9a9643ea8Slogwanga null device it does not modify the data in the mbuf on which the crypto
10a9643ea8Slogwangoperation is to operate and it only has support for a single cipher and
11a9643ea8Slogwangauthentication algorithm.
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13a9643ea8SlogwangWhen a burst of mbufs is submitted to a Null Crypto PMD for processing then
14a9643ea8Slogwangeach mbuf in the burst will be enqueued in an internal buffer for collection on
15a9643ea8Slogwanga dequeue call as long as the mbuf has a valid rte_mbuf_offload operation with
16a9643ea8Slogwanga valid rte_cryptodev_session or rte_crypto_xform chain of operations.
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18a9643ea8SlogwangFeatures
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21a9643ea8SlogwangModes:
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23a9643ea8Slogwang* RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_CIPHER ONLY
24a9643ea8Slogwang* RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_AUTH ONLY
25a9643ea8Slogwang* RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_CIPHER THEN RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_AUTH
26a9643ea8Slogwang* RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_AUTH THEN RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_CIPHER
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28a9643ea8SlogwangCipher algorithms:
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30a9643ea8Slogwang* RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL
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32a9643ea8SlogwangAuthentication algorithms:
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34a9643ea8Slogwang* RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL
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36a9643ea8SlogwangLimitations
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39a9643ea8Slogwang* Only in-place is currently supported (destination address is the same as
40a9643ea8Slogwang  source address).
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42a9643ea8SlogwangInstallation
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45a9643ea8SlogwangThe Null Crypto PMD is enabled and built by default in both the Linux and
46a9643ea8SlogwangFreeBSD builds.
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48a9643ea8SlogwangInitialization
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51a9643ea8SlogwangTo use the PMD in an application, user must:
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532bfe3f2eSlogwang* Call rte_vdev_init("crypto_null") within the application.
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552bfe3f2eSlogwang* Use --vdev="crypto_null" in the EAL options, which will call rte_vdev_init() internally.
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57a9643ea8SlogwangThe following parameters (all optional) can be provided in the previous two calls:
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59a9643ea8Slogwang* socket_id: Specify the socket where the memory for the device is going to be allocated
60a9643ea8Slogwang  (by default, socket_id will be the socket where the core that is creating the PMD is running on).
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62a9643ea8Slogwang* max_nb_queue_pairs: Specify the maximum number of queue pairs in the device (8 by default).
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64a9643ea8Slogwang* max_nb_sessions: Specify the maximum number of sessions that can be created (2048 by default).
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66a9643ea8SlogwangExample:
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68a9643ea8Slogwang.. code-block:: console
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70*2d9fd380Sjfb8856606    ./dpdk-l2fwd-crypto -l 1 -n 4 --vdev="crypto_null,socket_id=0,max_nb_sessions=128" \
712bfe3f2eSlogwang    -- -p 1 --cdev SW --chain CIPHER_ONLY --cipher_algo "null"
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