From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga04.intel.com (mga04.intel.com [192.55.52.120]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9116B2C6A for ; Tue, 22 May 2018 08:51:50 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by fmsmga104.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 21 May 2018 23:51:50 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.49,429,1520924400"; d="scan'208";a="48842294" Received: from tjozwiax-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO tojo-VirtualBox.MobicaPL.local) ([10.103.104.44]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 21 May 2018 23:51:48 -0700 From: Tomasz Jozwiak To: fiona.trahe@intel.com, tomaszx.jozwiak@intel.com, pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com, dev@dpdk.org Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 08:51:41 +0200 Message-Id: <1526971901-9281-5-git-send-email-tomaszx.jozwiak@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1526971901-9281-1-git-send-email-tomaszx.jozwiak@intel.com> References: <1526971901-9281-1-git-send-email-tomaszx.jozwiak@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] doc/qat: document libcrypto detection X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 06:51:51 -0000 Signed-off-by: Tomasz Jozwiak Acked-by: Fiona Trahe --- doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst index 77f8362..fa23a56 100644 --- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst +++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst @@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ Limitations Installation ------------ -To enable QAT in DPDK, follow the instructions for modifying the compile-time +QAT PMD is enabled by default in DPDK, but depends on libcrypto. If this library is detected +the driver will be enabled and compiled. + +To setup QAT in DPDK, follow the instructions for modifying the compile-time configuration file as described `here `_. Quick instructions are as follows: @@ -80,9 +83,11 @@ Quick instructions are as follows: cd to the top-level DPDK directory make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc - sed -i 's,\(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT\)=n,\1=y,' build/.config make +.. Note:: + To libcrypto detection - pkg_config is needed and should be installed in the system. + 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 the QAT PMD. The devices and available kernel drivers and device ids are : -- 2.7.4