From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> Received: from mail-wm0-f54.google.com (mail-wm0-f54.google.com [74.125.82.54]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C59B03989 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:50:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f54.google.com with SMTP id o80so40270963wme.1 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 07:50:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LQ5c0EBgvi10hm8gWFv9NJcY74JsA3izC6isawgca/0=; b=QMgciRLdRYoTyOwy8Em6PLadpmC02iIYP8QdKIDV2tlkON4orHonbvD5HV42HOlEP9 XdGbVAlQp6JRBHgDRPWHMdxeEKnOe1kO6GW7RNJQHZXR6YTCxTEG/uBwhHeLbhmn8000 6unR7lcNBQF6FkdP80mW2lEkVumm+Owcyf8uIZ+3m2oZs5r6toCljAm8vU1ZCxU2T33R bWogJZjNC4YfjcfCECJuyrDoadRhurLihyXRTKEaYEoqwXOAT213zzPTQDufh9ufWmpS l8FDn+q69/PGHB7oRlfbsU59xiQsIBRwUMqslhCVMGeLqmTih/Se/7NIDK4cDnC+VEUW FkLw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LQ5c0EBgvi10hm8gWFv9NJcY74JsA3izC6isawgca/0=; b=QnXTSXnz3FaVq7RO1Tf518bDUOHXSYpIPaBGmrDAZqgaWh7pw+LFXhT163Ww1sHMaJ h/k+Q8ohMgSGUm6LOgDAPmED3NxygkZolXK3NV9/J4+VHuBXTd9Ezh557GvPXdqeW+71 UnNkRKMgEXhLOiIxn/aWRf3Q3XKRdym7Qt64jfCVLlN0qzSjoCsOgkG7MNnjWFGtBxa+ mqx0hCB/ByJeLe1pw95l23uE4E7Xc7mL5M/8oODkS/KS/nI8XT5taZVNBhkFkLV47xnz 9hG/rt7BpBbPhhpt6c5YR6cMdA+xRIMsLo86cBfJ3fYY55F5PKZ4ZUloRT5QZpHSNtv+ RmjQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwOaVr79ZX67BqY4ej3idRbEVR15DF1guZY7fENUmME+RlbeARDqNC926vm9m/5B4bNJ X-Received: by 10.28.193.10 with SMTP id r10mr4494428wmf.49.1472568628552; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 07:50:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xps13.localnet (guy78-3-82-239-227-177.fbx.proxad.net. [82.239.227.177]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q4sm39942031wjk.24.2016.08.30.07.50.27 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 30 Aug 2016 07:50:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> To: "Wiles, Keith" <keith.wiles@intel.com> Cc: "Breen, Eoin" <eoin.breen@intel.com>, dev@dpdk.org, "Jain, Deepak K" <deepak.k.jain@intel.com>, "Trahe, Fiona" <fiona.trahe@intel.com>, "Griffin, John" <john.griffin@intel.com>, "Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:50:25 +0200 Message-ID: <6602025.TFsYvFOpoj@xps13> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.5.4-1-ARCH; KDE/4.14.11; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <1B14A3D5-1244-4B28-94B9-FDB53E9C5052@intel.com> References: <1472563602-111498-1-git-send-email-eoin.breen@intel.com> <2225915.7YPDa8br1f@xps13> <1B14A3D5-1244-4B28-94B9-FDB53E9C5052@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Subject: Re: [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 <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:50:28 -0000 2016-08-30 13:57, Wiles, Keith: > > 2016-08-30 14:26, Eoin Breen: > >> --- 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 requ= ired. The > >> VF devices exposed by this driver will be used by QAT PMD. > >>=20 > >> +To enable QAT in DPDK you must change the ./config/common_base fi= le. Change the > >> +line 'CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT=3Dn' to 'CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QA= T=3Dy' to do this. > >=20 > > No, the recommended way is to change the value in the generated con= fig > > file (.config). >=20 > The way I have been changing the default configuration options is to = copy the config/defconfig_XYZ file like defconfig_x86_64-native-linuxap= p-gcc to a new name say defconfig-x86_64-qat-linuxapp-gcc. Then edit th= at file and add the CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT=3Dy to the bottom of the = file. Then =E2=80=98make install T=3Dx86_64-qat-linuxapp-gcc -j=E2=80=99= . >=20 > Is this not a better way to build a new configuration for a specific = reason? Yes you can also build your own defconfig. I think it is better to stick to simply change the generated file betwe= en "make config" and "make" for the documentation.