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+.. BSD LICENSE
+ Copyright(c) 2015-2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+
+ Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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+
+ * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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+ * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
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+
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+
+Quick Assist Crypto Poll Mode Driver
+====================================
+
+The QAT PMD provides poll mode crypto driver support for **Intel QuickAssist
+Technology DH895xxC** hardware accelerator.
+
+
+Features
+--------
+
+The QAT PMD has support for:
+
+Cipher algorithms:
+
+* ``RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_CIPHER_AES128_CBC``
+* ``RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_CIPHER_AES192_CBC``
+* ``RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_CIPHER_AES256_CBC``
+* ``RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_CIPHER_SNOW3G_UEA2``
+* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM``
+
+Hash algorithms:
+
+* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC``
+* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC``
+* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA512_HMAC``
+* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_XCBC_MAC``
+* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SNOW3G_UIA2``
+
+
+Limitations
+-----------
+
+* Chained mbufs are not supported.
+* Hash only is not supported except Snow3G UIA2.
+* Cipher only is not supported except Snow3G UEA2.
+* Only supports the session-oriented API implementation (session-less APIs are not supported).
+* Not performance tuned.
+* Snow3g(UEA2) supported only if cipher length, cipher offset fields are byte-aligned.
+* Snow3g(UIA2) supported only if hash length, hash offset fields are byte-aligned.
+* No BSD support as BSD QAT kernel driver not available.
+
+
+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.
+
+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`_.
+
+
+Installation using 01.org QAT driver
+------------------------------------
+
+Download the latest QuickAssist Technology Driver from `01.org
+<https://01.org/packet-processing/intel%C2%AE-quickassist-technology-drivers-and-patches>`_
+Consult the *Getting Started Guide* at the same URL for further information.
+
+The steps below assume you are:
+
+* Building on a platform with one ``DH895xCC`` device.
+* Using package ``qatmux.l.2.3.0-34.tgz``.
+* On Fedora21 kernel ``3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64``.
+
+In the BIOS ensure that SRIOV is enabled and VT-d is disabled.
+
+Uninstall any existing QAT driver, for example by running:
+
+* ``./installer.sh uninstall`` in the directory where originally installed.
+
+* or ``rmmod qat_dh895xcc; rmmod intel_qat``.
+
+Build and install the SRIOV-enabled QAT driver::
+
+ mkdir /QAT
+ cd /QAT
+ # copy qatmux.l.2.3.0-34.tgz to this location
+ tar zxof qatmux.l.2.3.0-34.tgz
+
+ export ICP_WITHOUT_IOMMU=1
+ ./installer.sh install QAT1.6 host
+
+You can use ``cat /proc/icp_dh895xcc_dev0/version`` to confirm the driver is correctly installed.
+You can use ``lspci -d:443`` to confirm the bdf of the 32 VF devices are available per ``DH895xCC`` device.
+
+To complete the installation - follow instructions in `Binding the available VFs to the DPDK UIO driver`_.
+
+**Note**: If using a later kernel and the build fails with an error relating to ``strict_stroul`` not being available apply the following patch:
+
+.. code-block:: diff
+
+ /QAT/QAT1.6/quickassist/utilities/downloader/Target_CoreLibs/uclo/include/linux/uclo_platform.h
+ + #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,18,5)
+ + #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; if (kstrtoul((str), (base), (num))) printk("Error strtoull convert %s\n", str); }
+ + #else
+ #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,38)
+ #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; if (strict_strtoull((str), (base), (num))) printk("Error strtoull convert %s\n", str); }
+ #else
+ #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,25)
+ #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; strict_strtoll((str), (base), (num));}
+ #else
+ #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) \
+ do { \
+ if (str[0] == '-') \
+ { \
+ *(num) = -(simple_strtoull((str+1), &(endPtr), (base))); \
+ }else { \
+ *(num) = simple_strtoull((str), &(endPtr), (base)); \
+ } \
+ } while(0)
+ + #endif
+ #endif
+ #endif
+
+
+If the build fails due to missing header files you may need to do following:
+
+* ``sudo yum install zlib-devel``
+* ``sudo yum install openssl-devel``
+
+If the build or install fails due to mismatching kernel sources you may need to do the following:
+
+* ``sudo yum install kernel-headers-`uname -r```
+* ``sudo yum install kernel-src-`uname -r```
+* ``sudo yum install kernel-devel-`uname -r```
+
+
+Installation using kernel.org driver
+------------------------------------
+
+Assuming you are running on at least a 4.4 kernel, you can use the stock kernel.org QAT
+driver to start the QAT hardware.
+
+The steps below assume you are:
+
+* Running DPDK on a platform with one ``DH895xCC`` device.
+* On a kernel at least version 4.4.
+
+In BIOS ensure that SRIOV is enabled and VT-d is disabled.
+
+Ensure the QAT driver is loaded on your system, by executing::
+
+ lsmod | grep qat
+
+You should see the following output::
+
+ qat_dh895xcc 5626 0
+ intel_qat 82336 1 qat_dh895xcc
+
+Next, you need to expose the VFs using the sysfs file system.
+
+First find the bdf of the DH895xCC device::
+
+ lspci -d : 435
+
+You should see output similar to::
+
+ 03:00.0 Co-processor: Intel Corporation Coleto Creek PCIe Endpoint
+
+Using the sysfs, enable the VFs::
+
+ echo 32 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/dh895xcc/0000\:03\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+
+If you get an error, it's likely you're using a QAT kernel driver earlier than kernel 4.4.
+
+To verify that the VFs are available for use - use ``lspci -d:443`` to confirm
+the bdf of the 32 VF devices are available per ``DH895xCC`` device.
+
+To complete the installation - follow instructions in `Binding the available VFs to the DPDK UIO driver`_.
+
+**Note**: If the QAT kernel modules are not loaded and you see an error like
+ ``Failed to load MMP firmware qat_895xcc_mmp.bin`` this may be as a
+ result of not using a distribution, but just updating the kernel directly.
+
+Download firmware from the kernel firmware repo at:
+http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/
+
+Copy qat binaries to /lib/firmware:
+* ``cp qat_895xcc.bin /lib/firmware``
+* ``cp qat_895xcc_mmp.bin /lib/firmware``
+
+cd to your linux source root directory and start the qat kernel modules:
+* ``insmod ./drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/intel_qat.ko``
+* ``insmod ./drivers/crypto/qat/qat_dh895xcc/qat_dh895xcc.ko``
+
+**Note**:The following warning in /var/log/messages can be ignored:
+ ``IOMMU should be enabled for SR-IOV to work correctly``
+
+
+
+Binding the available VFs to the DPDK UIO driver
+------------------------------------------------
+
+The unbind command below assumes ``bdfs`` of ``03:01.00-03:04.07``, if yours are different adjust the unbind command below::
+
+ cd $RTE_SDK
+ modprobe uio
+ insmod ./build/kmod/igb_uio.ko
+
+ for device in $(seq 1 4); do \
+ for fn in $(seq 0 7); do \
+ echo -n 0000:03:0${device}.${fn} > \
+ /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:03\:0${device}.${fn}/driver/unbind; \
+ done; \
+ done
+
+ echo "8086 0443" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/igb_uio/new_id
+
+You can use ``lspci -vvd:443`` to confirm that all devices are now in use by igb_uio kernel driver.