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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_AES128_CTR``
48* ``RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_CIPHER_AES192_CTR``
49* ``RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_CIPHER_AES256_CTR``
50* ``RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_CIPHER_SNOW3G_UEA2``
51* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM``
52* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL``
53
54Hash algorithms:
55
56* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC``
57* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA224_HMAC``
58* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC``
59* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA384_HMAC``
60* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA512_HMAC``
61* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_XCBC_MAC``
62* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SNOW3G_UIA2``
63* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_MD5_HMAC``
64* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL``
65
66
67Limitations
68-----------
69
70* Chained mbufs are not supported.
71* Hash only is not supported except Snow3G UIA2.
72* Cipher only is not supported except Snow3G UEA2.
73* Only supports the session-oriented API implementation (session-less APIs are not supported).
74* Not performance tuned.
75* Snow3g(UEA2) supported only if cipher length, cipher offset fields are byte-aligned.
76* Snow3g(UIA2) supported only if hash length, hash offset fields are byte-aligned.
77* No BSD support as BSD QAT kernel driver not available.
78
79
80Installation
81------------
82
83To use the DPDK QAT PMD an SRIOV-enabled QAT kernel driver is required. The
84VF devices exposed by this driver will be used by QAT PMD.
85
86To enable QAT in DPDK, follow the instructions mentioned in
87http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.html
88
89Quick instructions as follows:
90
91.. code-block:: console
92
93	make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
94	sed -i 's,\(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT\)=n,\1=y,' build/.config
95	make
96
97If you are running on kernel 4.4 or greater, see instructions for
98`Installation using kernel.org driver`_ below. If you are on a kernel earlier
99than 4.4, see `Installation using 01.org QAT driver`_.
100
101
102Installation using 01.org QAT driver
103------------------------------------
104
105Download the latest QuickAssist Technology Driver from `01.org
106<https://01.org/packet-processing/intel%C2%AE-quickassist-technology-drivers-and-patches>`_
107Consult the *Getting Started Guide* at the same URL for further information.
108
109The steps below assume you are:
110
111* Building on a platform with one ``DH895xCC`` device.
112* Using package ``qatmux.l.2.3.0-34.tgz``.
113* On Fedora21 kernel ``3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64``.
114
115In the BIOS ensure that SRIOV is enabled and VT-d is disabled.
116
117Uninstall any existing QAT driver, for example by running:
118
119* ``./installer.sh uninstall`` in the directory where originally installed.
120
121* or ``rmmod qat_dh895xcc; rmmod intel_qat``.
122
123Build and install the SRIOV-enabled QAT driver::
124
125    mkdir /QAT
126    cd /QAT
127    # copy qatmux.l.2.3.0-34.tgz to this location
128    tar zxof qatmux.l.2.3.0-34.tgz
129
130    export ICP_WITHOUT_IOMMU=1
131    ./installer.sh install QAT1.6 host
132
133You can use ``cat /proc/icp_dh895xcc_dev0/version`` to confirm the driver is correctly installed.
134You can use ``lspci -d:443`` to confirm the bdf of the 32 VF devices are available per ``DH895xCC`` device.
135
136To complete the installation - follow instructions in `Binding the available VFs to the DPDK UIO driver`_.
137
138**Note**: If using a later kernel and the build fails with an error relating to ``strict_stroul`` not being available apply the following patch:
139
140.. code-block:: diff
141
142   /QAT/QAT1.6/quickassist/utilities/downloader/Target_CoreLibs/uclo/include/linux/uclo_platform.h
143   + #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,18,5)
144   + #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; if (kstrtoul((str), (base), (num))) printk("Error strtoull convert %s\n", str); }
145   + #else
146   #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,38)
147   #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; if (strict_strtoull((str), (base), (num))) printk("Error strtoull convert %s\n", str); }
148   #else
149   #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,25)
150   #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; strict_strtoll((str), (base), (num));}
151   #else
152   #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr)                                 \
153        do {                                                               \
154              if (str[0] == '-')                                           \
155              {                                                            \
156                   *(num) = -(simple_strtoull((str+1), &(endPtr), (base))); \
157              }else {                                                      \
158                   *(num) = simple_strtoull((str), &(endPtr), (base));      \
159              }                                                            \
160        } while(0)
161   + #endif
162   #endif
163   #endif
164
165
166If the build fails due to missing header files you may need to do following:
167
168* ``sudo yum install zlib-devel``
169* ``sudo yum install openssl-devel``
170
171If the build or install fails due to mismatching kernel sources you may need to do the following:
172
173* ``sudo yum install kernel-headers-`uname -r```
174* ``sudo yum install kernel-src-`uname -r```
175* ``sudo yum install kernel-devel-`uname -r```
176
177
178Installation using kernel.org driver
179------------------------------------
180
181Assuming you are running on at least a 4.4 kernel, you can use the stock kernel.org QAT
182driver to start the QAT hardware.
183
184The steps below assume you are:
185
186* Running DPDK on a platform with one ``DH895xCC`` device.
187* On a kernel at least version 4.4.
188
189In BIOS ensure that SRIOV is enabled and VT-d is disabled.
190
191Ensure the QAT driver is loaded on your system, by executing::
192
193    lsmod | grep qat
194
195You should see the following output::
196
197    qat_dh895xcc            5626  0
198    intel_qat              82336  1 qat_dh895xcc
199
200Next, you need to expose the VFs using the sysfs file system.
201
202First find the bdf of the DH895xCC device::
203
204    lspci -d : 435
205
206You should see output similar to::
207
208    03:00.0 Co-processor: Intel Corporation Coleto Creek PCIe Endpoint
209
210Using the sysfs, enable the VFs::
211
212    echo 32 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/dh895xcc/0000\:03\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
213
214If you get an error, it's likely you're using a QAT kernel driver earlier than kernel 4.4.
215
216To verify that the VFs are available for use - use ``lspci -d:443`` to confirm
217the bdf of the 32 VF devices are available per ``DH895xCC`` device.
218
219To complete the installation - follow instructions in `Binding the available VFs to the DPDK UIO driver`_.
220
221**Note**: If the QAT kernel modules are not loaded and you see an error like
222    ``Failed to load MMP firmware qat_895xcc_mmp.bin`` this may be as a
223    result of not using a distribution, but just updating the kernel directly.
224
225Download firmware from the kernel firmware repo at:
226http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/
227
228Copy qat binaries to /lib/firmware:
229*    ``cp qat_895xcc.bin /lib/firmware``
230*    ``cp qat_895xcc_mmp.bin /lib/firmware``
231
232cd to your linux source root directory and start the qat kernel modules:
233*    ``insmod ./drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/intel_qat.ko``
234*    ``insmod ./drivers/crypto/qat/qat_dh895xcc/qat_dh895xcc.ko``
235
236**Note**:The following warning in /var/log/messages can be ignored:
237    ``IOMMU should be enabled for SR-IOV to work correctly``
238
239
240
241Binding the available VFs to the DPDK UIO driver
242------------------------------------------------
243
244The unbind command below assumes ``bdfs`` of ``03:01.00-03:04.07``, if yours are different adjust the unbind command below::
245
246   cd $RTE_SDK
247   modprobe uio
248   insmod ./build/kmod/igb_uio.ko
249
250   for device in $(seq 1 4); do \
251       for fn in $(seq 0 7); do \
252           echo -n 0000:03:0${device}.${fn} > \
253           /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:03\:0${device}.${fn}/driver/unbind; \
254       done; \
255   done
256
257   echo "8086 0443" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/igb_uio/new_id
258
259You can use ``lspci -vvd:443`` to confirm that all devices are now in use by igb_uio kernel driver.
260