Re: [Ocf-linux-users] OCF compatible driver for HiFN Xcellerator Card 8155HXL-G

[hiren j. <jos...@gm...>]

Hello,

Thank you for the answer.

> I think you need to get the appropriate "devkit" from hifn, then write a
> driver somewhat along the lines of either ixp4xx driver or the ep80579
> driver that also rely on externally provided devkits.

Yes, I am having the SDK.

> It is usually a much simpler task to support such devices at they have a
> nice API etc and you do not need to write a full HW driver.

I can think of two ways, and request you to comment on them.

1. With OCF: Incorporate OCF glue in the existing driver I got with SDK.
It will allow other sub-systems and applications to use the card.
(As I have only one card, session migration is not relevant here.)

2. Without OCF: Native integration with Openswan (KLIPS) using the SDK APIs.
This will help me to get full advantage of the card (protocol
processing offloading).

Regards,
hiren