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1..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
2    Copyright(c) 2015-2019 Intel Corporation.
3
4Intel(R) QuickAssist (QAT) Crypto Poll Mode Driver
5==================================================
6
7QAT documentation consists of three parts:
8
9* Details of the symmetric and asymmetric crypto services below.
10* Details of the :doc:`compression service <../compressdevs/qat_comp>`
11  in the compressdev drivers section.
12* Details of building the common QAT infrastructure and the PMDs to support the
13  above services. See :ref:`building_qat` below.
14
15
16Symmetric Crypto Service on QAT
17-------------------------------
18
19The QAT symmetric crypto PMD (hereafter referred to as `QAT SYM [PMD]`) provides
20poll mode crypto driver support for the following hardware accelerator devices:
21
22* ``Intel QuickAssist Technology DH895xCC``
23* ``Intel QuickAssist Technology C62x``
24* ``Intel QuickAssist Technology C3xxx``
25* ``Intel QuickAssist Technology 200xx``
26* ``Intel QuickAssist Technology D15xx``
27* ``Intel QuickAssist Technology C4xxx``
28* ``Intel QuickAssist Technology 4xxx``
29
30
31Features
32~~~~~~~~
33
34The QAT SYM PMD has support for:
35
36Cipher algorithms:
37
38* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC``
39* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR``
40* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES128_CBC``
41* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES192_CBC``
42* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES256_CBC``
43* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES128_CTR``
44* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES192_CTR``
45* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES256_CTR``
46* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_XTS``
47* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_SNOW3G_UEA2``
48* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL``
49* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_KASUMI_F8``
50* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_DES_CBC``
51* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_DOCSISBPI``
52* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_DES_DOCSISBPI``
53* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_ZUC_EEA3``
54
55Hash algorithms:
56
57* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1``
58* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC``
59* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA224``
60* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA224_HMAC``
61* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256``
62* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC``
63* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA384``
64* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA384_HMAC``
65* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA512``
66* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA512_HMAC``
67* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_XCBC_MAC``
68* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SNOW3G_UIA2``
69* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_MD5_HMAC``
70* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL``
71* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_KASUMI_F9``
72* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GMAC``
73* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_ZUC_EIA3``
74* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CMAC``
75
76Supported AEAD algorithms:
77
78* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM``
79* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_CCM``
80* ``RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_CHACHA20_POLY1305``
81
82Protocol offloads:
83
84* ``RTE_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_DOCSIS``
85
86Supported Chains
87~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
88
89All the usual chains are supported and also some mixed chains:
90
91.. table:: Supported hash-cipher chains for wireless digest-encrypted cases
92
93   +------------------+-----------+-------------+----------+----------+
94   | Cipher algorithm | NULL AUTH | SNOW3G UIA2 | ZUC EIA3 | AES CMAC |
95   +==================+===========+=============+==========+==========+
96   | NULL CIPHER      | Y         | 2&3         | 2&3      | Y        |
97   +------------------+-----------+-------------+----------+----------+
98   | SNOW3G UEA2      | 2&3       | 1&2&3       | 2&3      | 2&3      |
99   +------------------+-----------+-------------+----------+----------+
100   | ZUC EEA3         | 2&3       | 2&3         | 2&3      | 2&3      |
101   +------------------+-----------+-------------+----------+----------+
102   | AES CTR          | 1&2&3     | 2&3         | 2&3      | Y        |
103   +------------------+-----------+-------------+----------+----------+
104
105* The combinations marked as "Y" are supported on all QAT hardware versions.
106* The combinations marked as "2&3" are supported on GEN2 and GEN3 QAT hardware only.
107* The combinations marked as "1&2&3" are supported on GEN1, GEN2 and GEN3 QAT hardware only.
108
109
110Limitations
111~~~~~~~~~~~
112
113* Only supports the session-oriented API implementation (session-less APIs are not supported).
114* SNOW 3G (UEA2), KASUMI (F8) and ZUC (EEA3) supported only if cipher length and offset fields are byte-multiple.
115* SNOW 3G (UIA2) and ZUC (EIA3) supported only if hash length and offset fields are byte-multiple.
116* No BSD support as BSD QAT kernel driver not available.
117* ZUC EEA3/EIA3 is not supported by dh895xcc devices
118* Maximum additional authenticated data (AAD) for GCM is 240 bytes long and must be passed to the device in a buffer rounded up to the nearest block-size multiple (x16) and padded with zeros.
119* Queue-pairs are thread-safe on Intel CPUs but Queues are not (that is, within a single
120  queue-pair all enqueues to the TX queue must be done from one thread and all dequeues
121  from the RX queue must be done from one thread, but enqueues and dequeues may be done
122  in different threads.)
123* A GCM limitation exists, but only in the case where there are multiple
124  generations of QAT devices on a single platform.
125  To optimise performance, the GCM crypto session should be initialised for the
126  device generation to which the ops will be enqueued. Specifically if a GCM
127  session is initialised on a GEN2 device, but then attached to an op enqueued
128  to a GEN3 device, it will work but cannot take advantage of hardware
129  optimisations in the GEN3 device. And if a GCM session is initialised on a
130  GEN3 device, then attached to an op sent to a GEN1/GEN2 device, it will not be
131  enqueued to the device and will be marked as failed. The simplest way to
132  mitigate this is to use the PCI allowlist to avoid mixing devices of different
133  generations in the same process if planning to use for GCM.
134* The mixed algo feature on GEN2 is not supported by all kernel drivers. Check
135  the notes under the Available Kernel Drivers table below for specific details.
136* Out-of-place is not supported for combined Crypto-CRC DOCSIS security
137  protocol.
138* ``RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_DES_DOCSISBPI`` is not supported for combined Crypto-CRC
139  DOCSIS security protocol.
140* Multi-segment buffers are not supported for combined Crypto-CRC DOCSIS
141  security protocol.
142
143Extra notes on KASUMI F9
144~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
145
146When using KASUMI F9 authentication algorithm, the input buffer must be
147constructed according to the
148`3GPP KASUMI specification <http://cryptome.org/3gpp/35201-900.pdf>`_
149(section 4.4, page 13). The input buffer has to have COUNT (4 bytes),
150FRESH (4 bytes), MESSAGE and DIRECTION (1 bit) concatenated. After the DIRECTION
151bit, a single '1' bit is appended, followed by between 0 and 7 '0' bits, so that
152the total length of the buffer is multiple of 8 bits. Note that the actual
153message can be any length, specified in bits.
154
155Once this buffer is passed this way, when creating the crypto operation,
156length of data to authenticate "op.sym.auth.data.length" must be the length
157of all the items described above, including the padding at the end.
158Also, offset of data to authenticate "op.sym.auth.data.offset"
159must be such that points at the start of the COUNT bytes.
160
161Asymmetric Crypto Service on QAT
162--------------------------------
163
164The QAT asymmetric crypto PMD (hereafter referred to as `QAT ASYM [PMD]`) provides
165poll mode crypto driver support for the following hardware accelerator devices:
166
167* ``Intel QuickAssist Technology DH895xCC``
168* ``Intel QuickAssist Technology C62x``
169* ``Intel QuickAssist Technology C3xxx``
170* ``Intel QuickAssist Technology D15xx``
171* ``Intel QuickAssist Technology C4xxx``
172
173The QAT ASYM PMD has support for:
174
175* ``RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_XFORM_MODEX``
176* ``RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_XFORM_MODINV``
177
178Limitations
179~~~~~~~~~~~
180
181* Big integers longer than 4096 bits are not supported.
182* Queue-pairs are thread-safe on Intel CPUs but Queues are not (that is, within a single
183  queue-pair all enqueues to the TX queue must be done from one thread and all dequeues
184  from the RX queue must be done from one thread, but enqueues and dequeues may be done
185  in different threads.)
186* RSA-2560, RSA-3584 are not supported
187
188.. _building_qat:
189
190Building PMDs on QAT
191--------------------
192
193A QAT device can host multiple acceleration services:
194
195* symmetric cryptography
196* data compression
197* asymmetric cryptography
198
199These services are provided to DPDK applications via PMDs which register to
200implement the corresponding cryptodev and compressdev APIs. The PMDs use
201common QAT driver code which manages the QAT PCI device. They also depend on a
202QAT kernel driver being installed on the platform, see :ref:`qat_kernel` below.
203
204
205Configuring and Building the DPDK QAT PMDs
206~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
207
208
209Further information on configuring, building and installing DPDK is described
210:doc:`here <../linux_gsg/build_dpdk>`.
211
212.. _building_qat_config:
213
214Build Configuration
215~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
216
217These are the build configuration options affecting QAT, and their default values:
218
219.. code-block:: console
220
221	RTE_PMD_QAT_MAX_PCI_DEVICES=48
222	RTE_PMD_QAT_COMP_IM_BUFFER_SIZE=65536
223
224Both QAT SYM PMD and QAT ASYM PMD have an external dependency on libcrypto, so are not
225built by default.
226
227The QAT compressdev PMD has no external dependencies, so is built by default.
228
229The number of VFs per PF varies - see table below. If multiple QAT packages are
230installed on a platform then RTE_PMD_QAT_MAX_PCI_DEVICES should be
231adjusted to the number of VFs which the QAT common code will need to handle.
232
233.. Note::
234
235        There are separate config items (not QAT-specific) for max cryptodevs
236        RTE_CRYPTO_MAX_DEVS and max compressdevs RTE_COMPRESS_MAX_DEVS,
237        if necessary these should be adjusted to handle the total of QAT and other
238        devices which the process will use. In particular for crypto, where each
239        QAT VF may expose two crypto devices, sym and asym, it may happen that the
240        number of devices will be bigger than MAX_DEVS and the process will show an error
241        during PMD initialisation. To avoid this problem RTE_CRYPTO_MAX_DEVS may be
242        increased or -a, allow domain:bus:devid:func option may be used.
243
244
245QAT compression PMD needs intermediate buffers to support Deflate compression
246with Dynamic Huffman encoding. RTE_PMD_QAT_COMP_IM_BUFFER_SIZE
247specifies the size of a single buffer, the PMD will allocate a multiple of these,
248plus some extra space for associated meta-data. For GEN2 devices, 20 buffers are
249allocated while for GEN1 devices, 12 buffers are allocated, plus 1472 bytes overhead.
250
251.. Note::
252
253	If the compressed output of a Deflate operation using Dynamic Huffman
254	Encoding is too big to fit in an intermediate buffer, then the
255	operation will be split into smaller operations and their results will
256	be merged afterwards.
257	This is not possible if any checksum calculation was requested - in such
258	case the code falls back to fixed compression.
259	To avoid this less performant case, applications should configure
260	the intermediate buffer size to be larger than the expected input data size
261	(compressed output size is usually unknown, so the only option is to make
262	larger than the input size).
263
264
265Running QAT PMD with minimum threshold for burst size
266~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
267
268If only a small number or packets can be enqueued. Each enqueue causes an expensive MMIO write.
269These MMIO write occurrences can be optimised by setting any of the following parameters:
270
271- qat_sym_enq_threshold
272- qat_asym_enq_threshold
273- qat_comp_enq_threshold
274
275When any of these parameters is set rte_cryptodev_enqueue_burst function will
276return 0 (thereby avoiding an MMIO) if the device is congested and number of packets
277possible to enqueue is smaller.
278To use this feature the user must set the parameter on process start as a device additional parameter::
279
280  -a 03:01.1,qat_sym_enq_threshold=32,qat_comp_enq_threshold=16
281
282All parameters can be used with the same device regardless of order. Parameters are separated
283by comma. When the same parameter is used more than once first occurrence of the parameter
284is used.
285Maximum threshold that can be set is 32.
286
287
288Device and driver naming
289~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
290
291* The qat cryptodev symmetric crypto driver name is "crypto_qat".
292* The qat cryptodev asymmetric crypto driver name is "crypto_qat_asym".
293
294The "rte_cryptodev_devices_get()" returns the devices exposed by either of these drivers.
295
296* Each qat sym crypto device has a unique name, in format
297  "<pci bdf>_<service>", e.g. "0000:41:01.0_qat_sym".
298* Each qat asym crypto device has a unique name, in format
299  "<pci bdf>_<service>", e.g. "0000:41:01.0_qat_asym".
300  This name can be passed to "rte_cryptodev_get_dev_id()" to get the device_id.
301
302.. Note::
303
304	The cryptodev driver name is passed to the dpdk-test-crypto-perf tool in the "-devtype" parameter.
305
306	The qat crypto device name is in the format of the worker parameter passed to the crypto scheduler.
307
308* The qat compressdev driver name is "compress_qat".
309  The rte_compressdev_devices_get() returns the devices exposed by this driver.
310
311* Each qat compression device has a unique name, in format
312  <pci bdf>_<service>, e.g. "0000:41:01.0_qat_comp".
313  This name can be passed to rte_compressdev_get_dev_id() to get the device_id.
314
315.. _qat_kernel:
316
317Dependency on the QAT kernel driver
318~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
319
320To use QAT an SRIOV-enabled QAT kernel driver is required. The VF
321devices created and initialised by this driver will be used by the QAT PMDs.
322
323Instructions for installation are below, but first an explanation of the
324relationships between the PF/VF devices and the PMDs visible to
325DPDK applications.
326
327Each QuickAssist PF device exposes a number of VF devices. Each VF device can
328enable one symmetric cryptodev PMD and/or one asymmetric cryptodev PMD and/or
329one compressdev PMD.
330These QAT PMDs share the same underlying device and pci-mgmt code, but are
331enumerated independently on their respective APIs and appear as independent
332devices to applications.
333
334.. Note::
335
336   Each VF can only be used by one DPDK process. It is not possible to share
337   the same VF across multiple processes, even if these processes are using
338   different acceleration services.
339
340   Conversely one DPDK process can use one or more QAT VFs and can expose both
341   cryptodev and compressdev instances on each of those VFs.
342
343
344Available kernel drivers
345~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
346
347Kernel drivers for each device for each service are listed in the following table. (Scroll right
348to see the full table)
349
350
351.. _table_qat_pmds_drivers:
352
353.. table:: QAT device generations, devices and drivers
354
355   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
356   | S   | A   | C   | Gen | Device   | Driver/ver    | Kernel Module | Pci Driver | PF Did | #PFs | VF Did | VFs/PF |
357   +=====+=====+=====+=====+==========+===============+===============+============+========+======+========+========+
358   | Yes | No  | No  | 1   | DH895xCC | linux/4.4+    | qat_dh895xcc  | dh895xcc   | 435    | 1    | 443    | 32     |
359   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
360   | Yes | Yes | No  | "   | "        | 01.org/4.2.0+ | "             | "          | "      | "    | "      | "      |
361   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
362   | Yes | Yes | Yes | "   | "        | 01.org/4.3.0+ | "             | "          | "      | "    | "      | "      |
363   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
364   | Yes | No  | No  | 2   | C62x     | linux/4.5+    | qat_c62x      | c6xx       | 37c8   | 3    | 37c9   | 16     |
365   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
366   | Yes | Yes | Yes | "   | "        | 01.org/4.2.0+ | "             | "          | "      | "    | "      | "      |
367   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
368   | Yes | No  | No  | 2   | C3xxx    | linux/4.5+    | qat_c3xxx     | c3xxx      | 19e2   | 1    | 19e3   | 16     |
369   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
370   | Yes | Yes | Yes | "   | "        | 01.org/4.2.0+ | "             | "          | "      | "    | "      | "      |
371   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
372   | Yes | No  | No  | 2   | 200xx    | p             | qat_200xx     | 200xx      | 18ee   | 1    | 18ef   | 16     |
373   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
374   | Yes | No  | No  | 2   | D15xx    | 01.org/4.2.0+ | qat_d15xx     | d15xx      | 6f54   | 1    | 6f55   | 16     |
375   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
376   | Yes | No  | No  | 3   | C4xxx    | p             | qat_c4xxx     | c4xxx      | 18a0   | 1    | 18a1   | 128    |
377   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
378   | Yes | No  | No  | 4   | 4xxx     | N/A           | qat_4xxx      | 4xxx       | 4940   | 4    | 4941   | 16     |
379   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
380
381* Note: Symmetric mixed crypto algorithms feature on Gen 2 works only with 01.org driver version 4.9.0+
382
383The first 3 columns indicate the service:
384
385* S = Symmetric crypto service (via cryptodev API)
386* A = Asymmetric crypto service  (via cryptodev API)
387* C = Compression service (via compressdev API)
388
389The ``Driver`` column indicates either the Linux kernel version in which
390support for this device was introduced or a driver available on Intel's 01.org
391website. There are both linux in-tree and 01.org kernel drivers available for some
392devices. p = release pending.
393
394If you are running on a kernel which includes a driver for your device, see
395`Installation using kernel.org driver`_ below. Otherwise see
396`Installation using 01.org QAT driver`_.
397
398
399Installation using kernel.org driver
400~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
401
402The examples below are based on the C62x device, if you have a different device
403use the corresponding values in the above table.
404
405In BIOS ensure that SRIOV is enabled and either:
406
407* Disable VT-d or
408* Enable VT-d and set ``"intel_iommu=on iommu=pt"`` in the grub file.
409
410Check that the QAT driver is loaded on your system, by executing::
411
412    lsmod | grep qa
413
414You should see the kernel module for your device listed, e.g.::
415
416    qat_c62x               5626  0
417    intel_qat              82336  1 qat_c62x
418
419Next, you need to expose the Virtual Functions (VFs) using the sysfs file system.
420
421First find the BDFs (Bus-Device-Function) of the physical functions (PFs) of
422your device, e.g.::
423
424    lspci -d:37c8
425
426You should see output similar to::
427
428    1a:00.0 Co-processor: Intel Corporation Device 37c8
429    3d:00.0 Co-processor: Intel Corporation Device 37c8
430    3f:00.0 Co-processor: Intel Corporation Device 37c8
431
432Enable the VFs for each PF by echoing the number of VFs per PF to the pci driver::
433
434     echo 16 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/c6xx/0000:1a:00.0/sriov_numvfs
435     echo 16 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/c6xx/0000:3d:00.0/sriov_numvfs
436     echo 16 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/c6xx/0000:3f:00.0/sriov_numvfs
437
438Check that the VFs are available for use. For example ``lspci -d:37c9`` should
439list 48 VF devices available for a ``C62x`` device.
440
441To complete the installation follow the instructions in
442`Binding the available VFs to the vfio-pci driver`_.
443
444.. Note::
445
446   If the QAT kernel modules are not loaded and you see an error like ``Failed
447   to load MMP firmware qat_895xcc_mmp.bin`` in kernel logs, this may be as a
448   result of not using a distribution, but just updating the kernel directly.
449
450   Download firmware from the `kernel firmware repo
451   <http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/>`_.
452
453   Copy qat binaries to ``/lib/firmware``::
454
455      cp qat_895xcc.bin /lib/firmware
456      cp qat_895xcc_mmp.bin /lib/firmware
457
458   Change to your linux source root directory and start the qat kernel modules::
459
460      insmod ./drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/intel_qat.ko
461      insmod ./drivers/crypto/qat/qat_dh895xcc/qat_dh895xcc.ko
462
463.. Note::
464
465   If you see the following warning in ``/var/log/messages`` it can be ignored:
466   ``IOMMU should be enabled for SR-IOV to work correctly``.
467
468
469Installation using 01.org QAT driver
470~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
471
472Download the latest QuickAssist Technology Driver from `01.org
473<https://01.org/packet-processing/intel%C2%AE-quickassist-technology-drivers-and-patches>`_.
474Consult the *Getting Started Guide* at the same URL for further information.
475
476The steps below assume you are:
477
478* Building on a platform with one ``C62x`` device.
479* Using package ``qat1.7.l.4.2.0-000xx.tar.gz``.
480* On Fedora26 kernel ``4.11.11-300.fc26.x86_64``.
481
482In the BIOS ensure that SRIOV is enabled and VT-d is disabled.
483
484Uninstall any existing QAT driver, for example by running:
485
486* ``./installer.sh uninstall`` in the directory where originally installed.
487
488
489Build and install the SRIOV-enabled QAT driver::
490
491    mkdir /QAT
492    cd /QAT
493
494    # Copy the package to this location and unpack
495    tar zxof qat1.7.l.4.2.0-000xx.tar.gz
496
497    ./configure --enable-icp-sriov=host
498    make install
499
500You can use ``cat /sys/kernel/debug/qat<your device type and bdf>/version/fw`` to confirm the driver is correctly installed and is using firmware version 4.2.0.
501You can use ``lspci -d:37c9`` to confirm the presence of the 16 VF devices available per ``C62x`` PF.
502
503Confirm the driver is correctly installed and is using firmware version 4.2.0::
504
505    cat /sys/kernel/debug/qat<your device type and bdf>/version/fw
506
507
508Confirm the presence of 48 VF devices - 16 per PF::
509
510    lspci -d:37c9
511
512
513To complete the installation - follow instructions in
514`Binding the available VFs to the vfio-pci driver`_.
515
516.. Note::
517
518   If using a later kernel and the build fails with an error relating to
519   ``strict_stroul`` not being available apply the following patch:
520
521   .. code-block:: diff
522
523      /QAT/QAT1.6/quickassist/utilities/downloader/Target_CoreLibs/uclo/include/linux/uclo_platform.h
524      + #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,18,5)
525      + #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; if (kstrtoul((str), (base), (num))) printk("Error strtoull convert %s\n", str); }
526      + #else
527      #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,38)
528      #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; if (strict_strtoull((str), (base), (num))) printk("Error strtoull convert %s\n", str); }
529      #else
530      #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,25)
531      #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; strict_strtoll((str), (base), (num));}
532      #else
533      #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr)                                 \
534           do {                                                               \
535                 if (str[0] == '-')                                           \
536                 {                                                            \
537                      *(num) = -(simple_strtoull((str+1), &(endPtr), (base))); \
538                 }else {                                                      \
539                      *(num) = simple_strtoull((str), &(endPtr), (base));      \
540                 }                                                            \
541           } while(0)
542      + #endif
543      #endif
544      #endif
545
546
547.. Note::
548
549   If the build fails due to missing header files you may need to do following::
550
551      sudo yum install zlib-devel
552      sudo yum install openssl-devel
553      sudo yum install libudev-devel
554
555.. Note::
556
557   If the build or install fails due to mismatching kernel sources you may need to do the following::
558
559      sudo yum install kernel-headers-`uname -r`
560      sudo yum install kernel-src-`uname -r`
561      sudo yum install kernel-devel-`uname -r`
562
563
564Binding the available VFs to the vfio-pci driver
565~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
566
567Note:
568
569* Please note that due to security issues, the usage of older DPDK igb_uio
570  driver is not recommended. This document shows how to use the more secure
571  vfio-pci driver.
572* If QAT fails to bind to vfio-pci on Linux kernel 5.9+, please see the
573  QATE-39220 and QATE-7495 issues in
574  `01.org doc <https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/336211-015-qatsoftwareforlinux-rn-hwv1.7-final.pdf>`_
575  which details the constraint about trusted guests and add `disable_denylist=1`
576  to the vfio-pci params to use QAT. See also `this patch description <https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/23/1155>`_.
577
578Unbind the VFs from the stock driver so they can be bound to the vfio-pci driver.
579
580For an Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology DH895xCC device
581^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
582
583The unbind command below assumes ``BDFs`` of ``03:01.00-03:04.07``, if your
584VFs are different adjust the unbind command below::
585
586    cd to the top-level DPDK directory
587    for device in $(seq 1 4); do \
588        for fn in $(seq 0 7); do \
589            usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -u 0000:03:0${device}.${fn}; \
590        done; \
591    done
592
593For an Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology C62x device
594^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
595
596The unbind command below assumes ``BDFs`` of ``1a:01.00-1a:02.07``,
597``3d:01.00-3d:02.07`` and ``3f:01.00-3f:02.07``, if your VFs are different
598adjust the unbind command below::
599
600    cd to the top-level DPDK directory
601    for device in $(seq 1 2); do \
602        for fn in $(seq 0 7); do \
603            usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -u 0000:1a:0${device}.${fn}; \
604            usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -u 0000:3d:0${device}.${fn}; \
605            usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -u 0000:3f:0${device}.${fn}; \
606        done; \
607    done
608
609For Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology C3xxx or 200xx or D15xx device
610^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
611
612The unbind command below assumes ``BDFs`` of ``01:01.00-01:02.07``, if your
613VFs are different adjust the unbind command below::
614
615    cd to the top-level DPDK directory
616    for device in $(seq 1 2); do \
617        for fn in $(seq 0 7); do \
618            usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -u 0000:01:0${device}.${fn}; \
619        done; \
620    done
621
622Bind to the vfio-pci driver
623^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
624
625Load the vfio-pci driver, bind the VF PCI Device id to it using the
626``dpdk-devbind.py`` script then use the ``--status`` option
627to confirm the VF devices are now in use by vfio-pci kernel driver,
628e.g. for the C62x device::
629
630    cd to the top-level DPDK directory
631    modprobe vfio-pci
632    usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci 0000:03:01.1
633    usertools/dpdk-devbind.py --status
634
635Use ``modprobe vfio-pci disable_denylist=1`` from kernel 5.9 onwards.
636See note in the section `Binding the available VFs to the vfio-pci driver`_
637above.
638
639Testing
640~~~~~~~
641
642QAT SYM crypto PMD can be tested by running the test application::
643
644    cd ./<build_dir>/app/test
645    ./dpdk-test -l1 -n1 -a <your qat bdf>
646    RTE>>cryptodev_qat_autotest
647
648QAT ASYM crypto PMD can be tested by running the test application::
649
650    cd ./<build_dir>/app/test
651    ./dpdk-test -l1 -n1 -a <your qat bdf>
652    RTE>>cryptodev_qat_asym_autotest
653
654QAT compression PMD can be tested by running the test application::
655
656    cd ./<build_dir>/app/test
657    ./dpdk-test -l1 -n1 -a <your qat bdf>
658    RTE>>compressdev_autotest
659
660
661Debugging
662~~~~~~~~~
663
664There are 2 sets of trace available via the dynamic logging feature:
665
666* pmd.qat.dp exposes trace on the data-path.
667* pmd.qat.general exposes all other trace.
668
669pmd.qat exposes both sets of traces.
670They can be enabled using the log-level option (where 8=maximum log level) on
671the process cmdline, e.g. using any of the following::
672
673    --log-level="pmd.qat.general,8"
674    --log-level="pmd.qat.dp,8"
675    --log-level="pmd.qat,8"
676
677.. Note::
678
679    The global RTE_LOG_DP_LEVEL overrides data-path trace so must be set to
680    RTE_LOG_DEBUG to see all the trace. This variable is in config/rte_config.h
681    for meson build.
682    Also the dynamic global log level overrides both sets of trace, so e.g. no
683    QAT trace would display in this case::
684
685	--log-level="7" --log-level="pmd.qat.general,8"
686