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1..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
2    Copyright(c) 2021 Intel Corporation.
3
4Chacha20-poly1305 Crypto Poll Mode Driver
5=========================================
6
7The Chacha20-poly1305 PMD provides poll mode crypto driver support for
8utilizing `Intel IPSec Multi-buffer library <https://github.com/01org/intel-ipsec-mb>`_.
9
10Features
11--------
12
13Chacha20-poly1305 PMD has support for:
14
15AEAD algorithms:
16
17* RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_CHACHA20_POLY1305
18
19
20Installation
21------------
22
23To build DPDK with the Chacha20-poly1305 PMD the user is required to download
24the multi-buffer library from `here <https://github.com/01org/intel-ipsec-mb>`_
25and compile it on their user system before building DPDK.
26The latest version of the library supported by this PMD is v1.0, which
27can be downloaded from `<https://github.com/01org/intel-ipsec-mb/archive/v1.0.zip>`_.
28
29After downloading the library, the user needs to unpack and compile it
30on their system before building DPDK:
31
32.. code-block:: console
33
34    make
35    make install
36
37The library requires NASM to be built. Depending on the library version, it might
38require a minimum NASM version (e.g. v0.54 requires at least NASM 2.14).
39
40NASM is packaged for different OS. However, on some OS the version is too old,
41so a manual installation is required. In that case, NASM can be downloaded from
42`NASM website <https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/?C=M;O=D>`_.
43Once it is downloaded, extract it and follow these steps:
44
45.. code-block:: console
46
47    ./configure
48    make
49    make install
50
51.. note::
52
53   Compilation of the Multi-Buffer library is broken when GCC < 5.0, if library <= v0.53.
54   If a lower GCC version than 5.0, the workaround proposed by the following link
55   should be used: `<https://github.com/intel/intel-ipsec-mb/issues/40>`_.
56
57As a reference, the following table shows a mapping between the past DPDK versions
58and the external crypto libraries supported by them:
59
60.. _table_chacha20_poly1305_versions:
61
62.. table:: DPDK and external crypto library version compatibility
63
64   =============  ================================
65   DPDK version   Crypto library version
66   =============  ================================
67   21.11+         Multi-buffer library 1.0*
68   =============  ================================
69
70\* Multi-buffer library 1.0 or newer only works for Meson but not Make build system.
71
72Initialization
73--------------
74
75In order to enable this virtual crypto PMD, user must:
76
77* Build the multi buffer library (explained in Installation section).
78
79To use the PMD in an application, user must:
80
81* Call rte_vdev_init("crypto_chacha20_poly1305") within the application.
82
83* Use --vdev="crypto_chacha20_poly1305" in the EAL options, which will call
84  rte_vdev_init() internally.
85
86The following parameters (all optional) can be provided in the previous two calls:
87
88* socket_id: Specify the socket where the memory for the device is going to be allocated
89  (by default, socket_id will be the socket where the core that is creating the PMD is running on).
90
91* max_nb_queue_pairs: Specify the maximum number of queue pairs in the device (8 by default).
92
93* max_nb_sessions: Specify the maximum number of sessions that can be created (2048 by default).
94
95Example:
96
97.. code-block:: console
98
99    --vdev="crypto_chacha20_poly1305,socket_id=0,max_nb_sessions=128"
100