[v2,6/6] crypto/mlx5: support on Windows
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Add support for mlx5 crypto pmd on Windows OS.
Add changes to release note and pmd guide.
Signed-off-by: Tal Shnaiderman <talshn@nvidia.com>
---
doc/guides/cryptodevs/mlx5.rst | 15 ++++++++++++---
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst | 1 +
drivers/common/mlx5/version.map | 2 +-
drivers/common/mlx5/windows/mlx5_common_os.c | 2 +-
drivers/crypto/mlx5/meson.build | 4 ++--
5 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ or to access the hardware components directly.
There are different levels of objects and bypassing abilities.
To get the best performances:
-- Verbs is a complete high-level generic API.
-- Direct Verbs is a device-specific API.
+- Verbs is a complete high-level generic API (Linux only).
+- Direct Verbs is a device-specific API (Linux only).
- DevX allows to access firmware objects.
Enabling ``librte_crypto_mlx5`` causes DPDK applications
-to be linked against libibverbs.
+to be linked against libibverbs on Linux OS.
In order to move the device to crypto operational mode, credential and KEK
(Key Encrypting Key) should be set as the first step.
@@ -155,8 +155,17 @@ Limitations
Prerequisites
-------------
+Linux Prerequisites
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
- Mellanox OFED version: **5.3**
see :doc:`../../nics/mlx5` guide for more Mellanox OFED details.
- Compilation can be done also with rdma-core v15+.
see :doc:`../../nics/mlx5` guide for more rdma-core details.
+
+Windows Prerequisites
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Mellanox WINOF-2 version: **2.60** or higher.
+ see :doc:`../../nics/mlx5` guide for more Mellanox WINOF-2 details.
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ New Features
Updated the Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including:
* Added implicit mempool registration to avoid data path hiccups (opt-out).
+ * Added support for mlx5 crypto PMD on Windows operating system.
Removed Items
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ INTERNAL {
mlx5_dev_mempool_unregister;
mlx5_dev_mempool_subscribe;
- mlx5_devx_alloc_uar; # WINDOWS_NO_EXPORT
+ mlx5_devx_alloc_uar;
mlx5_devx_cmd_alloc_pd;
mlx5_devx_cmd_create_conn_track_offload_obj;
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ mlx5_os_open_device(struct mlx5_common_device *cdev, uint32_t classes)
struct mlx5_context *mlx5_ctx = NULL;
int n;
- if (classes != MLX5_CLASS_ETH) {
+ if (classes != MLX5_CLASS_ETH && classes != MLX5_CLASS_CRYPTO) {
DRV_LOG(ERR,
"The chosen classes are not supported on Windows.");
rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
# Copyright (c) 2021 NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates
-if not is_linux
+if not (is_linux or is_windows)
build = false
- reason = 'only supported on Linux'
+ reason = 'only supported on Linux and Windows'
subdir_done()
endif