[dpdk-dev,v3] doc/guides: add info on how to enable QAT
Commit Message
From: Eoin Breen <eoin.breen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Eoin Breen <eoin.breen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Deepak Kumar Jain <deepak.k.jain@intel.com>
---
Changes in v3:
* Add console code-block
* Modified the command to replace n with y in build/.config
Changes in v2:
* Incorporated comments received on v1.
doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
Comments
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Deepak Kumar Jain
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 3:09 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: De Lara Guarch, Pablo <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>; Breen, Eoin
> <eoin.breen@intel.com>; Jain, Deepak K <deepak.k.jain@intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] doc/guides: add info on how to enable QAT
>
> From: Eoin Breen <eoin.breen@intel.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Eoin Breen <eoin.breen@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Deepak Kumar Jain <deepak.k.jain@intel.com>
Acked-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe@intel.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jain, Deepak K
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 7:09 AM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: De Lara Guarch, Pablo; Breen, Eoin; Jain, Deepak K
> Subject: [PATCH v3] doc/guides: add info on how to enable QAT
>
> From: Eoin Breen <eoin.breen@intel.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Eoin Breen <eoin.breen@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Deepak Kumar Jain <deepak.k.jain@intel.com>
> ---
Applied to dpdk-next-crypto.
Thanks,
Pablo
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@ 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, follow the instructions mentioned in
+http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.html
+
+Quick instructions as follows:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
+ sed -i 's,\(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT\)=n,\1=y,' build/.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`_.