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30Quick Assist Crypto Poll Mode Driver
31====================================
32
33The QAT PMD provides poll mode crypto driver support for **Intel QuickAssist
34Technology DH895xxC** hardware accelerator.
35
36
37Features
38--------
39
40The QAT PMD has support for:
41
42Cipher algorithms:
43
44* ``RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_CIPHER_AES128_CBC``
45* ``RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_CIPHER_AES192_CBC``
46* ``RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_CIPHER_AES256_CBC``
47* ``RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_CIPHER_SNOW3G_UEA2``
48* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM``
49
50Hash algorithms:
51
52* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC``
53* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC``
54* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA512_HMAC``
55* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_XCBC_MAC``
56* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SNOW3G_UIA2``
57
58
59Limitations
60-----------
61
62* Chained mbufs are not supported.
63* Hash only is not supported except Snow3G UIA2.
64* Cipher only is not supported except Snow3G UEA2.
65* Only in-place is currently supported (destination address is the same as source address).
66* Only supports the session-oriented API implementation (session-less APIs are not supported).
67* Not performance tuned.
68* Snow3g(UEA2) supported only if cipher length, cipher offset fields are byte-aligned.
69* Snow3g(UIA2) supported only if hash length, hash offset fields are byte-aligned.
70* No BSD support as BSD QAT kernel driver not available.
71
72
73Installation
74------------
75
76To use the DPDK QAT PMD an SRIOV-enabled QAT kernel driver is required. The
77VF devices exposed by this driver will be used by QAT PMD.
78
79If you are running on kernel 4.4 or greater, see instructions for
80`Installation using kernel.org driver`_ below. If you are on a kernel earlier
81than 4.4, see `Installation using 01.org QAT driver`_.
82
83
84Installation using 01.org QAT driver
85------------------------------------
86
87Download the latest QuickAssist Technology Driver from `01.org
88<https://01.org/packet-processing/intel%C2%AE-quickassist-technology-drivers-and-patches>`_
89Consult the *Getting Started Guide* at the same URL for further information.
90
91The steps below assume you are:
92
93* Building on a platform with one ``DH895xCC`` device.
94* Using package ``qatmux.l.2.3.0-34.tgz``.
95* On Fedora21 kernel ``3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64``.
96
97In the BIOS ensure that SRIOV is enabled and VT-d is disabled.
98
99Uninstall any existing QAT driver, for example by running:
100
101* ``./installer.sh uninstall`` in the directory where originally installed.
102
103* or ``rmmod qat_dh895xcc; rmmod intel_qat``.
104
105Build and install the SRIOV-enabled QAT driver::
106
107    mkdir /QAT
108    cd /QAT
109    # copy qatmux.l.2.3.0-34.tgz to this location
110    tar zxof qatmux.l.2.3.0-34.tgz
111
112    export ICP_WITHOUT_IOMMU=1
113    ./installer.sh install QAT1.6 host
114
115You can use ``cat /proc/icp_dh895xcc_dev0/version`` to confirm the driver is correctly installed.
116You can use ``lspci -d:443`` to confirm the bdf of the 32 VF devices are available per ``DH895xCC`` device.
117
118To complete the installation - follow instructions in `Binding the available VFs to the DPDK UIO driver`_.
119
120**Note**: If using a later kernel and the build fails with an error relating to ``strict_stroul`` not being available apply the following patch:
121
122.. code-block:: diff
123
124   /QAT/QAT1.6/quickassist/utilities/downloader/Target_CoreLibs/uclo/include/linux/uclo_platform.h
125   + #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,18,5)
126   + #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; if (kstrtoul((str), (base), (num))) printk("Error strtoull convert %s\n", str); }
127   + #else
128   #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,38)
129   #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; if (strict_strtoull((str), (base), (num))) printk("Error strtoull convert %s\n", str); }
130   #else
131   #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,25)
132   #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; strict_strtoll((str), (base), (num));}
133   #else
134   #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr)                                 \
135        do {                                                               \
136              if (str[0] == '-')                                           \
137              {                                                            \
138                   *(num) = -(simple_strtoull((str+1), &(endPtr), (base))); \
139              }else {                                                      \
140                   *(num) = simple_strtoull((str), &(endPtr), (base));      \
141              }                                                            \
142        } while(0)
143   + #endif
144   #endif
145   #endif
146
147
148If the build fails due to missing header files you may need to do following:
149
150* ``sudo yum install zlib-devel``
151* ``sudo yum install openssl-devel``
152
153If the build or install fails due to mismatching kernel sources you may need to do the following:
154
155* ``sudo yum install kernel-headers-`uname -r```
156* ``sudo yum install kernel-src-`uname -r```
157* ``sudo yum install kernel-devel-`uname -r```
158
159
160Installation using kernel.org driver
161------------------------------------
162
163Assuming you are running on at least a 4.4 kernel, you can use the stock kernel.org QAT
164driver to start the QAT hardware.
165
166The steps below assume you are:
167
168* Running DPDK on a platform with one ``DH895xCC`` device.
169* On a kernel at least version 4.4.
170
171In BIOS ensure that SRIOV is enabled and VT-d is disabled.
172
173Ensure the QAT driver is loaded on your system, by executing::
174
175    lsmod | grep qat
176
177You should see the following output::
178
179    qat_dh895xcc            5626  0
180    intel_qat              82336  1 qat_dh895xcc
181
182Next, you need to expose the VFs using the sysfs file system.
183
184First find the bdf of the DH895xCC device::
185
186    lspci -d : 435
187
188You should see output similar to::
189
190    03:00.0 Co-processor: Intel Corporation Coleto Creek PCIe Endpoint
191
192Using the sysfs, enable the VFs::
193
194    echo 32 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/dh895xcc/0000\:03\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
195
196If you get an error, it's likely you're using a QAT kernel driver earlier than kernel 4.4.
197
198To verify that the VFs are available for use - use ``lspci -d:443`` to confirm
199the bdf of the 32 VF devices are available per ``DH895xCC`` device.
200
201To complete the installation - follow instructions in `Binding the available VFs to the DPDK UIO driver`_.
202
203**Note**: If the QAT kernel modules are not loaded and you see an error like
204    ``Failed to load MMP firmware qat_895xcc_mmp.bin`` this may be as a
205    result of not using a distribution, but just updating the kernel directly.
206
207Download firmware from the kernel firmware repo at:
208http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/
209
210Copy qat binaries to /lib/firmware:
211*    ``cp qat_895xcc.bin /lib/firmware``
212*    ``cp qat_895xcc_mmp.bin /lib/firmware``
213
214cd to your linux source root directory and start the qat kernel modules:
215*    ``insmod ./drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/intel_qat.ko``
216*    ``insmod ./drivers/crypto/qat/qat_dh895xcc/qat_dh895xcc.ko``
217
218**Note**:The following warning in /var/log/messages can be ignored:
219    ``IOMMU should be enabled for SR-IOV to work correctly``
220
221
222
223Binding the available VFs to the DPDK UIO driver
224------------------------------------------------
225
226The unbind command below assumes ``bdfs`` of ``03:01.00-03:04.07``, if yours are different adjust the unbind command below::
227
228   cd $RTE_SDK
229   modprobe uio
230   insmod ./build/kmod/igb_uio.ko
231
232   for device in $(seq 1 4); do \
233       for fn in $(seq 0 7); do \
234           echo -n 0000:03:0${device}.${fn} > \
235           /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:03\:0${device}.${fn}/driver/unbind; \
236       done; \
237   done
238
239   echo "8086 0443" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/igb_uio/new_id
240
241You can use ``lspci -vvd:443`` to confirm that all devices are now in use by igb_uio kernel driver.
242