numam-dpdk/doc/guides/cryptodevs/null.rst
Bruce Richardson 8809f78c7d doc: fix driver names
Since the built driver filenames have changed in DPDK 20.11, we need to
update the driver doc to match.

Most drivers start their section with the driver filename highlighted in
bold, while a number were missing the highlight. When updating the names,
add the markers for bold text to any missing it, so as to have things more
consistent.

Fixes: a20b2c01a7 ("build: standardize component names and defines")

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Rosen Xu <rosen.xu@intel.com>
Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
2020-11-03 16:23:03 +01:00

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation.
Null Crypto Poll Mode Driver
============================
The Null Crypto PMD (**librte_crypto_null**) provides a crypto poll mode
driver which provides a minimal implementation for a software crypto device. As
a null device it does not modify the data in the mbuf on which the crypto
operation is to operate and it only has support for a single cipher and
authentication algorithm.
When a burst of mbufs is submitted to a Null Crypto PMD for processing then
each mbuf in the burst will be enqueued in an internal buffer for collection on
a dequeue call as long as the mbuf has a valid rte_mbuf_offload operation with
a valid rte_cryptodev_session or rte_crypto_xform chain of operations.
Features
--------
Modes:
* RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_CIPHER ONLY
* RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_AUTH ONLY
* RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_CIPHER THEN RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_AUTH
* RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_AUTH THEN RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_CIPHER
Cipher algorithms:
* RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL
Authentication algorithms:
* RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL
Limitations
-----------
* Only in-place is currently supported (destination address is the same as
source address).
Installation
------------
The Null Crypto PMD is enabled and built by default in both the Linux and
FreeBSD builds.
Initialization
--------------
To use the PMD in an application, user must:
* Call rte_vdev_init("crypto_null") within the application.
* Use --vdev="crypto_null" in the EAL options, which will call rte_vdev_init() internally.
The following parameters (all optional) can be provided in the previous two calls:
* socket_id: Specify the socket where the memory for the device is going to be allocated
(by default, socket_id will be the socket where the core that is creating the PMD is running on).
* max_nb_queue_pairs: Specify the maximum number of queue pairs in the device (8 by default).
* max_nb_sessions: Specify the maximum number of sessions that can be created (2048 by default).
Example:
.. code-block:: console
./dpdk-l2fwd-crypto -l 1 -n 4 --vdev="crypto_null,socket_id=0,max_nb_sessions=128" \
-- -p 1 --cdev SW --chain CIPHER_ONLY --cipher_algo "null"