From: Emma Finn <emma.finn@intel.com>
To: Kai Ji <kai.ji@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Emma Finn <emma.finn@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] doc: update device configuration in qat guide
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 13:47:10 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251201134711.797983-1-emma.finn@intel.com> (raw)
Added note for QAT driver information and device
configuration for services.
Signed-off-by: Emma Finn <emma.finn@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst
index 68d792e4cc..b56203eed6 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst
@@ -499,7 +499,28 @@ If you are running on a kernel which includes a driver for your device, see
The asymmetric service is not supported by DPDK QAT PMD for the Gen 3 platform.
The actual crypto services enabled on the system depend
- on QAT driver capabilities and hardware slice configuration.
+ on QAT driver capabilities and hardware slice configuration.\
+
+..note::
+
+ With the introduction of QAT Generation 4, the in-tree drivers are available within the
+ mainline Linux kernel. Out-of-tree (OOT) drivers for QAT Gen 4 are currently in sustaining
+ mode, meaning they will only receive maintenance updates without new feature development.
+ Future generations of QAT will be supported with in-tree drivers exclusively.
+
+.. note::
+
+ For **in-tree drivers**, when multiple QAT instances are available, each instance is assigned a
+ different crypto service by default (asym;sym or dc). The available crypto queue pair request
+ will return zero if the corresponding service is not enabled.
+
+ To verify the device configuration, run:
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/<BDF>/qat/cfg_services
+
+ For symmetric and asymmetric crypto services, ensure that `"asym;sym"` are enabled.
+ For **out-of-tree drivers**, the configuration file for each instance can be found at:
+ /etc/<GEN>_dev<ID>.conf
+
Installation using kernel.org driver
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--
2.43.0
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