Thank You Ian I'll look into it and update you Best Regards Avi
> -----Original Message----- > From: Stokes, Ian [mailto:ian.sto...@intel.com] > Sent: Monday, 09 October, 2017 1:10 PM > To: Greg Rose; Avi Cohen (A); us...@dpdk.org; ovs-discuss@openvswitch.org > Subject: RE: [ovs-discuss] IPsec offload for ixgbe/i40e drivers > > > On 10/03/2017 05:35 AM, Avi Cohen (A) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > These Intel NIC's: X540, 82599, I40E - supports IPsec offload But > > > I don't see that the drivers supplied by Intel - handle it (??) > > > Also I don't see any reference in the DPDK userspace drivers > > librte_pmd_ixgbe.c .. > > > Can someone tell if this is supported somewhere ? > > > Best Regards > > > Avi > > > > Hi Avi, > > The NICs do support the IPsec offload feature but currently this is not > supported > in DPDK. > > There is ongoing work with regards the RTE_SECURITY interfaces which will be > used to handle this type of offload in the DPDK community . It will not be > just > Intel nics supporting this feature and is expected that all nics that do > support it > with DPDK will use the RTE_SECURITY framework. There is an ongoing > discussion on the DPDK ML with regards to its design and use below > > http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/29835/ > > Currently I'm also looking at implementing IPsec (non-offload, look aside > only) > using VPMDs and QAT devices in OVS with DPDK although this work is at early > stages. It may be of use to you as I would hope to integrate it with offload > functionality down the line. > > If you have any feedback I would be interested to hear. > > https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-August/337919.html > > Thanks > Ian > > Maybe ask the guys at Intel? > > > > https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-wired-lan > > > > Regards, > > > > - Greg > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > discuss mailing list > > > disc...@openvswitch.org > > > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > discuss mailing list > > disc...@openvswitch.org > > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list disc...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss