From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga06.intel.com (mga06.intel.com [134.134.136.31]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BBA42B9B for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:19:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga104.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 Aug 2016 06:19:57 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.30,256,1470726000"; d="scan'208";a="1043412545" Received: from sie-lab-213-208.ir.intel.com (HELO silpixa383839.ir.intel.com) ([10.237.213.208]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 Aug 2016 06:19:56 -0700 From: Eoin Breen To: deepak.k.jain@intel.com, fiona.trahe@intel.com, john.griffin@intel.com Cc: dev@dpdk.org, john.mcnamara@intel.com, Eoin Breen Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:26:42 +0100 Message-Id: <1472563602-111498-1-git-send-email-eoin.breen@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.5.5 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/guides: add info on how to enable QAT X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:19:59 -0000 Signed-off-by: Eoin Breen --- doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst index cae1958..db03470 100644 --- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst +++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ Installation To use the DPDK QAT PMD an SRIOV-enabled QAT kernel driver is required. The VF devices exposed by this driver will be used by QAT PMD. +To enable QAT in DPDK you must change the ./config/common_base file. Change the +line 'CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT=n' to 'CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT=y' to do this. +You must then configure and build dpdk, for example using the commands: +make T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc config; make + If you are running on kernel 4.4 or greater, see instructions for `Installation using kernel.org driver`_ below. If you are on a kernel earlier than 4.4, see `Installation using 01.org QAT driver`_. -- 2.5.5 -------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Research and Development Ireland Limited Registered in Ireland Registered Office: Collinstown Industrial Park, Leixlip, County Kildare Registered Number: 308263 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies.