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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* ``Intel QuickAssist Technology 4xxx``
173
174The QAT ASYM PMD has support for:
175
176* ``RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_XFORM_MODEX``
177* ``RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_XFORM_MODINV``
178* ``RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_XFORM_RSA``
179* ``RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_XFORM_ECDSA``
180* ``RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_XFORM_ECPM``
181
182Limitations
183~~~~~~~~~~~
184
185* Big integers longer than 4096 bits are not supported.
186* Queue-pairs are thread-safe on Intel CPUs but Queues are not (that is, within a single
187  queue-pair all enqueues to the TX queue must be done from one thread and all dequeues
188  from the RX queue must be done from one thread, but enqueues and dequeues may be done
189  in different threads.)
190* RSA-2560, RSA-3584 are not supported
191
192.. _building_qat:
193
194Building PMDs on QAT
195--------------------
196
197A QAT device can host multiple acceleration services:
198
199* symmetric cryptography
200* data compression
201* asymmetric cryptography
202
203These services are provided to DPDK applications via PMDs which register to
204implement the corresponding cryptodev and compressdev APIs. The PMDs use
205common QAT driver code which manages the QAT PCI device. They also depend on a
206QAT kernel driver being installed on the platform, see :ref:`qat_kernel` below.
207
208
209Configuring and Building the DPDK QAT PMDs
210~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
211
212
213Further information on configuring, building and installing DPDK is described
214:doc:`here <../linux_gsg/build_dpdk>`.
215
216.. _building_qat_config:
217
218Build Configuration
219~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
220
221These are the build configuration options affecting QAT, and their default values:
222
223.. code-block:: console
224
225	RTE_PMD_QAT_MAX_PCI_DEVICES=48
226	RTE_PMD_QAT_COMP_IM_BUFFER_SIZE=65536
227
228Both QAT SYM PMD and QAT ASYM PMD have an external dependency on libcrypto, so are not
229built by default.
230
231The QAT compressdev PMD has no external dependencies, so is built by default.
232
233The number of VFs per PF varies - see table below. If multiple QAT packages are
234installed on a platform then RTE_PMD_QAT_MAX_PCI_DEVICES should be
235adjusted to the number of VFs which the QAT common code will need to handle.
236
237.. Note::
238
239        There are separate config items (not QAT-specific) for max cryptodevs
240        RTE_CRYPTO_MAX_DEVS and max compressdevs RTE_COMPRESS_MAX_DEVS,
241        if necessary these should be adjusted to handle the total of QAT and other
242        devices which the process will use. In particular for crypto, where each
243        QAT VF may expose two crypto devices, sym and asym, it may happen that the
244        number of devices will be bigger than MAX_DEVS and the process will show an error
245        during PMD initialisation. To avoid this problem RTE_CRYPTO_MAX_DEVS may be
246        increased or -a, allow domain:bus:devid:func option may be used.
247
248
249QAT compression PMD needs intermediate buffers to support Deflate compression
250with Dynamic Huffman encoding. RTE_PMD_QAT_COMP_IM_BUFFER_SIZE
251specifies the size of a single buffer, the PMD will allocate a multiple of these,
252plus some extra space for associated meta-data. For GEN2 devices, 20 buffers are
253allocated while for GEN1 devices, 12 buffers are allocated, plus 1472 bytes overhead.
254
255.. Note::
256
257	If the compressed output of a Deflate operation using Dynamic Huffman
258	Encoding is too big to fit in an intermediate buffer, then the
259	operation will be split into smaller operations and their results will
260	be merged afterwards.
261	This is not possible if any checksum calculation was requested - in such
262	case the code falls back to fixed compression.
263	To avoid this less performant case, applications should configure
264	the intermediate buffer size to be larger than the expected input data size
265	(compressed output size is usually unknown, so the only option is to make
266	larger than the input size).
267
268
269Running QAT PMD with minimum threshold for burst size
270~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
271
272If only a small number or packets can be enqueued. Each enqueue causes an expensive MMIO write.
273These MMIO write occurrences can be optimised by setting any of the following parameters:
274
275- qat_sym_enq_threshold
276- qat_asym_enq_threshold
277- qat_comp_enq_threshold
278
279When any of these parameters is set rte_cryptodev_enqueue_burst function will
280return 0 (thereby avoiding an MMIO) if the device is congested and number of packets
281possible to enqueue is smaller.
282To use this feature the user must set the parameter on process start as a device additional parameter::
283
284  -a 03:01.1,qat_sym_enq_threshold=32,qat_comp_enq_threshold=16
285
286All parameters can be used with the same device regardless of order. Parameters are separated
287by comma. When the same parameter is used more than once first occurrence of the parameter
288is used.
289Maximum threshold that can be set is 32.
290
291
292Device and driver naming
293~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
294
295* The qat cryptodev symmetric crypto driver name is "crypto_qat".
296* The qat cryptodev asymmetric crypto driver name is "crypto_qat_asym".
297
298The "rte_cryptodev_devices_get()" returns the devices exposed by either of these drivers.
299
300* Each qat sym crypto device has a unique name, in format
301  "<pci bdf>_<service>", e.g. "0000:41:01.0_qat_sym".
302* Each qat asym crypto device has a unique name, in format
303  "<pci bdf>_<service>", e.g. "0000:41:01.0_qat_asym".
304  This name can be passed to "rte_cryptodev_get_dev_id()" to get the device_id.
305
306.. Note::
307
308	The cryptodev driver name is passed to the dpdk-test-crypto-perf tool in the "-devtype" parameter.
309
310	The qat crypto device name is in the format of the worker parameter passed to the crypto scheduler.
311
312* The qat compressdev driver name is "compress_qat".
313  The rte_compressdev_devices_get() returns the devices exposed by this driver.
314
315* Each qat compression device has a unique name, in format
316  <pci bdf>_<service>, e.g. "0000:41:01.0_qat_comp".
317  This name can be passed to rte_compressdev_get_dev_id() to get the device_id.
318
319.. _qat_kernel:
320
321Dependency on the QAT kernel driver
322~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
323
324To use QAT an SRIOV-enabled QAT kernel driver is required. The VF
325devices created and initialised by this driver will be used by the QAT PMDs.
326
327Instructions for installation are below, but first an explanation of the
328relationships between the PF/VF devices and the PMDs visible to
329DPDK applications.
330
331Each QuickAssist PF device exposes a number of VF devices. Each VF device can
332enable one symmetric cryptodev PMD and/or one asymmetric cryptodev PMD and/or
333one compressdev PMD.
334These QAT PMDs share the same underlying device and pci-mgmt code, but are
335enumerated independently on their respective APIs and appear as independent
336devices to applications.
337
338.. Note::
339
340   Each VF can only be used by one DPDK process. It is not possible to share
341   the same VF across multiple processes, even if these processes are using
342   different acceleration services.
343
344   Conversely one DPDK process can use one or more QAT VFs and can expose both
345   cryptodev and compressdev instances on each of those VFs.
346
347
348Available kernel drivers
349~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
350
351Kernel drivers for each device for each service are listed in the following table. (Scroll right
352to see the full table)
353
354
355.. _table_qat_pmds_drivers:
356
357.. table:: QAT device generations, devices and drivers
358
359   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
360   | S   | A   | C   | Gen | Device   | Driver/ver    | Kernel Module | Pci Driver | PF Did | #PFs | VF Did | VFs/PF |
361   +=====+=====+=====+=====+==========+===============+===============+============+========+======+========+========+
362   | Yes | No  | No  | 1   | DH895xCC | linux/4.4+    | qat_dh895xcc  | dh895xcc   | 435    | 1    | 443    | 32     |
363   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
364   | Yes | Yes | No  | "   | "        | 01.org/4.2.0+ | "             | "          | "      | "    | "      | "      |
365   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
366   | Yes | Yes | Yes | "   | "        | 01.org/4.3.0+ | "             | "          | "      | "    | "      | "      |
367   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
368   | Yes | No  | No  | 2   | C62x     | linux/4.5+    | qat_c62x      | c6xx       | 37c8   | 3    | 37c9   | 16     |
369   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
370   | Yes | Yes | Yes | "   | "        | 01.org/4.2.0+ | "             | "          | "      | "    | "      | "      |
371   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
372   | Yes | No  | No  | 2   | C3xxx    | linux/4.5+    | qat_c3xxx     | c3xxx      | 19e2   | 1    | 19e3   | 16     |
373   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
374   | Yes | Yes | Yes | "   | "        | 01.org/4.2.0+ | "             | "          | "      | "    | "      | "      |
375   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
376   | Yes | No  | No  | 2   | 200xx    | p             | qat_200xx     | 200xx      | 18ee   | 1    | 18ef   | 16     |
377   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
378   | Yes | No  | No  | 2   | D15xx    | 01.org/4.2.0+ | qat_d15xx     | d15xx      | 6f54   | 1    | 6f55   | 16     |
379   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
380   | Yes | No  | No  | 3   | C4xxx    | p             | qat_c4xxx     | c4xxx      | 18a0   | 1    | 18a1   | 128    |
381   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
382   | Yes | No  | No  | 4   | 4xxx     | N/A           | qat_4xxx      | 4xxx       | 4940   | 4    | 4941   | 16     |
383   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
384   | Yes | No  | No  | 4   | 401xxx   | N/A           | qat_401xxx    | 4xxx       | 4942   | 2    | 4943   | 16     |
385   +-----+-----+-----+-----+----------+---------------+---------------+------------+--------+------+--------+--------+
386
387* Note: Symmetric mixed crypto algorithms feature on Gen 2 works only with 01.org driver version 4.9.0+
388
389The first 3 columns indicate the service:
390
391* S = Symmetric crypto service (via cryptodev API)
392* A = Asymmetric crypto service  (via cryptodev API)
393* C = Compression service (via compressdev API)
394
395The ``Driver`` column indicates either the Linux kernel version in which
396support for this device was introduced or a driver available on Intel's 01.org
397website. There are both linux in-tree and 01.org kernel drivers available for some
398devices. p = release pending.
399
400If you are running on a kernel which includes a driver for your device, see
401`Installation using kernel.org driver`_ below. Otherwise see
402`Installation using 01.org QAT driver`_.
403
404
405Installation using kernel.org driver
406~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
407
408The examples below are based on the C62x device, if you have a different device
409use the corresponding values in the above table.
410
411In BIOS ensure that SRIOV is enabled and either:
412
413* Disable VT-d or
414* Enable VT-d and set ``"intel_iommu=on iommu=pt"`` in the grub file.
415
416Check that the QAT driver is loaded on your system, by executing::
417
418    lsmod | grep qa
419
420You should see the kernel module for your device listed, e.g.::
421
422    qat_c62x               5626  0
423    intel_qat              82336  1 qat_c62x
424
425Next, you need to expose the Virtual Functions (VFs) using the sysfs file system.
426
427First find the BDFs (Bus-Device-Function) of the physical functions (PFs) of
428your device, e.g.::
429
430    lspci -d:37c8
431
432You should see output similar to::
433
434    1a:00.0 Co-processor: Intel Corporation Device 37c8
435    3d:00.0 Co-processor: Intel Corporation Device 37c8
436    3f:00.0 Co-processor: Intel Corporation Device 37c8
437
438Enable the VFs for each PF by echoing the number of VFs per PF to the pci driver::
439
440     echo 16 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/c6xx/0000:1a:00.0/sriov_numvfs
441     echo 16 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/c6xx/0000:3d:00.0/sriov_numvfs
442     echo 16 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/c6xx/0000:3f:00.0/sriov_numvfs
443
444Check that the VFs are available for use. For example ``lspci -d:37c9`` should
445list 48 VF devices available for a ``C62x`` device.
446
447To complete the installation follow the instructions in
448`Binding the available VFs to the vfio-pci driver`_.
449
450.. Note::
451
452   If the QAT kernel modules are not loaded and you see an error like ``Failed
453   to load MMP firmware qat_895xcc_mmp.bin`` in kernel logs, this may be as a
454   result of not using a distribution, but just updating the kernel directly.
455
456   Download firmware from the `kernel firmware repo
457   <http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/>`_.
458
459   Copy qat binaries to ``/lib/firmware``::
460
461      cp qat_895xcc.bin /lib/firmware
462      cp qat_895xcc_mmp.bin /lib/firmware
463
464   Change to your linux source root directory and start the qat kernel modules::
465
466      insmod ./drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/intel_qat.ko
467      insmod ./drivers/crypto/qat/qat_dh895xcc/qat_dh895xcc.ko
468
469.. Note::
470
471   If you see the following warning in ``/var/log/messages`` it can be ignored:
472   ``IOMMU should be enabled for SR-IOV to work correctly``.
473
474
475Installation using 01.org QAT driver
476~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
477
478Download the latest QuickAssist Technology Driver from `01.org
479<https://01.org/packet-processing/intel%C2%AE-quickassist-technology-drivers-and-patches>`_.
480Consult the *Getting Started Guide* at the same URL for further information.
481
482The steps below assume you are:
483
484* Building on a platform with one ``C62x`` device.
485* Using package ``qat1.7.l.4.2.0-000xx.tar.gz``.
486* On Fedora26 kernel ``4.11.11-300.fc26.x86_64``.
487
488In the BIOS ensure that SRIOV is enabled and VT-d is disabled.
489
490Uninstall any existing QAT driver, for example by running:
491
492* ``./installer.sh uninstall`` in the directory where originally installed.
493
494
495Build and install the SRIOV-enabled QAT driver::
496
497    mkdir /QAT
498    cd /QAT
499
500    # Copy the package to this location and unpack
501    tar zxof qat1.7.l.4.2.0-000xx.tar.gz
502
503    ./configure --enable-icp-sriov=host
504    make install
505
506You 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.
507You can use ``lspci -d:37c9`` to confirm the presence of the 16 VF devices available per ``C62x`` PF.
508
509Confirm the driver is correctly installed and is using firmware version 4.2.0::
510
511    cat /sys/kernel/debug/qat<your device type and bdf>/version/fw
512
513
514Confirm the presence of 48 VF devices - 16 per PF::
515
516    lspci -d:37c9
517
518
519To complete the installation - follow instructions in
520`Binding the available VFs to the vfio-pci driver`_.
521
522.. Note::
523
524   If using a later kernel and the build fails with an error relating to
525   ``strict_stroul`` not being available apply the following patch:
526
527   .. code-block:: diff
528
529      /QAT/QAT1.6/quickassist/utilities/downloader/Target_CoreLibs/uclo/include/linux/uclo_platform.h
530      + #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,18,5)
531      + #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; if (kstrtoul((str), (base), (num))) printk("Error strtoull convert %s\n", str); }
532      + #else
533      #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,38)
534      #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; if (strict_strtoull((str), (base), (num))) printk("Error strtoull convert %s\n", str); }
535      #else
536      #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,25)
537      #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr) {endPtr=NULL; strict_strtoll((str), (base), (num));}
538      #else
539      #define STR_TO_64(str, base, num, endPtr)                                 \
540           do {                                                               \
541                 if (str[0] == '-')                                           \
542                 {                                                            \
543                      *(num) = -(simple_strtoull((str+1), &(endPtr), (base))); \
544                 }else {                                                      \
545                      *(num) = simple_strtoull((str), &(endPtr), (base));      \
546                 }                                                            \
547           } while(0)
548      + #endif
549      #endif
550      #endif
551
552
553.. Note::
554
555   If the build fails due to missing header files you may need to do following::
556
557      sudo yum install zlib-devel
558      sudo yum install openssl-devel
559      sudo yum install libudev-devel
560
561.. Note::
562
563   If the build or install fails due to mismatching kernel sources you may need to do the following::
564
565      sudo yum install kernel-headers-`uname -r`
566      sudo yum install kernel-src-`uname -r`
567      sudo yum install kernel-devel-`uname -r`
568
569
570Binding the available VFs to the vfio-pci driver
571~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
572
573Note:
574
575* Please note that due to security issues, the usage of older DPDK igb_uio
576  driver is not recommended. This document shows how to use the more secure
577  vfio-pci driver.
578* If QAT fails to bind to vfio-pci on Linux kernel 5.9+, please see the
579  QATE-39220 and QATE-7495 issues in
580  `01.org doc <https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/336211-015-qatsoftwareforlinux-rn-hwv1.7-final.pdf>`_
581  which details the constraint about trusted guests and add `disable_denylist=1`
582  to the vfio-pci params to use QAT. See also `this patch description <https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/23/1155>`_.
583
584Unbind the VFs from the stock driver so they can be bound to the vfio-pci driver.
585
586For an Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology DH895xCC device
587^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
588
589The unbind command below assumes ``BDFs`` of ``03:01.00-03:04.07``, if your
590VFs are different adjust the unbind command below::
591
592    cd to the top-level DPDK directory
593    for device in $(seq 1 4); do \
594        for fn in $(seq 0 7); do \
595            usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -u 0000:03:0${device}.${fn}; \
596        done; \
597    done
598
599For an Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology C62x device
600^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
601
602The unbind command below assumes ``BDFs`` of ``1a:01.00-1a:02.07``,
603``3d:01.00-3d:02.07`` and ``3f:01.00-3f:02.07``, if your VFs are different
604adjust the unbind command below::
605
606    cd to the top-level DPDK directory
607    for device in $(seq 1 2); do \
608        for fn in $(seq 0 7); do \
609            usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -u 0000:1a:0${device}.${fn}; \
610            usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -u 0000:3d:0${device}.${fn}; \
611            usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -u 0000:3f:0${device}.${fn}; \
612        done; \
613    done
614
615For Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology C3xxx or 200xx or D15xx device
616^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
617
618The unbind command below assumes ``BDFs`` of ``01:01.00-01:02.07``, if your
619VFs are different adjust the unbind command below::
620
621    cd to the top-level DPDK directory
622    for device in $(seq 1 2); do \
623        for fn in $(seq 0 7); do \
624            usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -u 0000:01:0${device}.${fn}; \
625        done; \
626    done
627
628Bind to the vfio-pci driver
629^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
630
631Load the vfio-pci driver, bind the VF PCI Device id to it using the
632``dpdk-devbind.py`` script then use the ``--status`` option
633to confirm the VF devices are now in use by vfio-pci kernel driver,
634e.g. for the C62x device::
635
636    cd to the top-level DPDK directory
637    modprobe vfio-pci
638    usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci 0000:03:01.1
639    usertools/dpdk-devbind.py --status
640
641Use ``modprobe vfio-pci disable_denylist=1`` from kernel 5.9 onwards.
642See note in the section `Binding the available VFs to the vfio-pci driver`_
643above.
644
645Testing
646~~~~~~~
647
648QAT SYM 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_autotest
653
654QAT ASYM crypto 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>>cryptodev_qat_asym_autotest
659
660QAT compression PMD can be tested by running the test application::
661
662    cd ./<build_dir>/app/test
663    ./dpdk-test -l1 -n1 -a <your qat bdf>
664    RTE>>compressdev_autotest
665
666
667Debugging
668~~~~~~~~~
669
670There are 2 sets of trace available via the dynamic logging feature:
671
672* pmd.qat.dp exposes trace on the data-path.
673* pmd.qat.general exposes all other trace.
674
675pmd.qat exposes both sets of traces.
676They can be enabled using the log-level option (where 8=maximum log level) on
677the process cmdline, e.g. using any of the following::
678
679    --log-level="pmd.qat.general,8"
680    --log-level="pmd.qat.dp,8"
681    --log-level="pmd.qat,8"
682
683.. Note::
684
685    The global RTE_LOG_DP_LEVEL overrides data-path trace so must be set to
686    RTE_LOG_DEBUG to see all the trace. This variable is in config/rte_config.h
687    for meson build.
688    Also the dynamic global log level overrides both sets of trace, so e.g. no
689    QAT trace would display in this case::
690
691	--log-level="7" --log-level="pmd.qat.general,8"
692