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doc: update guide for armv8 crypto

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Added guide about building by using meson.

Also added the command to create virtual device.

Suggested-by: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal@nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.wang@arm.com>
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Ruifeng Wang 2020-10-14 17:24:14 +08:00 committed by Thomas Monjalon
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doc/guides/cryptodevs/armv8.rst
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@ -26,19 +26,23 @@ Supported authentication algorithms:
Installation
------------
In order to enable this virtual crypto PMD, user must:
To build DPDK with this virtual crypto PMD, the user is required to:
* Download AArch64 crypto library source code from
`here <https://github.com/ARM-software/AArch64cryptolib>`_
`here <https://github.com/ARM-software/AArch64cryptolib>`_.
* Export the environmental variable ARMV8_CRYPTO_LIB_PATH with
the path to ``AArch64cryptolib`` library.
* Build the library by invoking:
* Build the ``AArch64cryptolib`` library:
.. code-block:: console
make -C $ARMV8_CRYPTO_LIB_PATH/
make
* Build DPDK with meson option ``-Darmv8_crypto_dir=<path_to_AArch64cryptolib>``:
.. code-block:: console
meson -Darmv8_crypto_dir=<path_to_AArch64cryptolib> build
ninja -C build
The corresponding device can be created only if the following features
are supported by the CPU:
@ -51,6 +55,8 @@ are supported by the CPU:
Initialization
--------------
Use ``--vdev "crypto_armv8"`` in the EAL options to create virtual crypto device.
User can use app/test application to check how to use this PMD and to verify
crypto processing.