The QAT PMD provides poll mode crypto driver support for **Intel QuickAssist
Technology DH895xxC** hardware accelerator.
-The QAT PMD has been tested on Fedora 21 64-bit with gcc and on the 4.3
+The QAT PMD has been tested on Fedora 21 64-bit with gcc and on the 4.4
kernel.org Linux kernel.
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 4.3 or greater, see instructions for
+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 4.3, see `Installation using 01.org QAT driver`_.
+than 4.4, see `Installation using 01.org QAT driver`_.
Installation using 01.org QAT driver
Installation using kernel.org driver
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-Assuming you are running on at least a 4.3 kernel, you can use the stock kernel.org QAT
+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 4.3.
+* On a kernel at least version 4.4.
In BIOS ensure that SRIOV is enabled and VT-d is disabled.
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 4.3.
+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.