From: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe@intel.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org, pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com, tomaszx.jozwiak@intel.com
Cc: fiona.trahe@intel.com
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/8] doc/qat: update kernel dependency section
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 17:50:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1533833430-29134-7-git-send-email-fiona.trahe@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1533820674-9507-1-git-send-email-fiona.trahe@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst | 12 +++---------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst
index e6d78ac16..2f233ec9d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst
@@ -120,10 +120,8 @@ Quick instructions are as follows:
make
-.. _qat_kernel_installation:
-
Dependency on the QAT kernel driver
------------------------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To use the QAT PMD an SRIOV-enabled QAT kernel driver is required. The VF
devices created and initialised by this driver will be used by the QAT PMD.
@@ -132,12 +130,8 @@ Instructions for installation are below, but first an explanation of the
relationships between the PF/VF devices and the PMDs visible to
DPDK applications.
-
-Acceleration services - cryptography and compression - are provided to DPDK
-applications via PMDs which register to implement the corresponding
-cryptodev and compressdev APIs.
-
-Each QuickAssist VF device can expose one cryptodev PMD and/or one compressdev PMD.
+Each QuickAssist PF device exposes a number of VF devices. Each VF device can
+enable one cryptodev PMD and/or one compressdev PMD.
These QAT PMDs share the same underlying device and pci-mgmt code, but are
enumerated independently on their respective APIs and appear as independent
devices to applications.
--
2.13.6
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-09 16:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-09 13:17 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/qat: clarify build config options Fiona Trahe
2018-08-09 16:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/8] " Fiona Trahe
2018-08-09 17:08 ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2018-08-09 19:49 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-08-10 7:57 ` Trahe, Fiona
2018-08-09 16:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/8] doc/qat: add limitations to compressdev PMD Fiona Trahe
2018-08-09 16:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/8] doc/qat: add information on how to test Fiona Trahe
2018-08-09 16:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/8] doc/qat: fix typos and make cosmetic changes Fiona Trahe
2018-08-09 16:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/8] doc/qat: add overview of doc sections Fiona Trahe
2018-08-09 16:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/8] doc/qat: remove unnecessary text Fiona Trahe
2018-08-09 16:50 ` Fiona Trahe [this message]
2018-08-09 19:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/8] doc/qat: update kernel dependency section Thomas Monjalon
2018-08-10 7:45 ` Trahe, Fiona
2018-08-09 16:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/8] doc/qat: update PMD build section Fiona Trahe
2018-08-09 19:47 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-08-10 7:51 ` Trahe, Fiona
2018-08-10 9:00 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-08-10 13:14 ` Trahe, Fiona
2018-08-10 14:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/6] doc/qat: clarify build config options Fiona Trahe
2018-08-13 14:51 ` Jozwiak, TomaszX
2018-08-23 11:12 ` Akhil Goyal
2018-08-23 11:24 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-08-23 11:28 ` Akhil Goyal
2018-08-23 11:35 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-08-10 14:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/6] doc/qat: add limitations to compressdev PMD Fiona Trahe
2018-08-13 14:31 ` Jozwiak, TomaszX
2018-08-10 14:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/6] doc/qat: add information on how to test Fiona Trahe
2018-08-13 14:32 ` Jozwiak, TomaszX
2018-08-10 14:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/6] doc/qat: fix typos and make cosmetic changes Fiona Trahe
2018-08-13 14:33 ` Jozwiak, TomaszX
2018-08-10 14:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/6] doc/qat: add overview of doc sections Fiona Trahe
2018-08-13 14:37 ` Jozwiak, TomaszX
2018-08-10 14:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/6] doc/qat: update build instructions for both PMDs Fiona Trahe
2018-08-13 14:37 ` Jozwiak, TomaszX
2018-08-10 14:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/6] doc/qat: describe build config options Fiona Trahe
2018-08-13 14:38 ` Jozwiak, TomaszX
2018-08-09 16:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Fiona Trahe
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