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QuickAssist Technology is a family of Intel PCIe and on-die accelerators, plus associated software. It's available on some Xeon Scalable 4th Gen processors, and [https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/125199/intel-quickassist-adapter-8960/specifications.html QAA 8960]/[https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/125200/intel-quickassist-adapter-8970/specifications.html QAA 8970] PCIe cards. It covers cryptography and compression. | QuickAssist Technology is a family of Intel PCIe and on-die accelerators, plus associated software. It's available on some Xeon Scalable 4th Gen processors, and [https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/125199/intel-quickassist-adapter-8960/specifications.html QAA 8960]/[https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/125200/intel-quickassist-adapter-8970/specifications.html QAA 8970] PCIe cards. It covers cryptography and compression. | ||
On Linux, QAT requires (out-of-tree as of 2023) kernel modules, firmware, and a userspace component. <tt>qat_service</tt> is a [[systemd]] service responsible for loading necessary kernel modules and enabling endpoints | On Linux, QAT requires (out-of-tree as of 2023) kernel modules, firmware, and a userspace component. <tt>qat_service</tt> is a [[systemd]] service responsible for loading necessary kernel modules and enabling endpoints via the <tt>adf_ctl</tt> binary. | ||
==External links== | |||
* [https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/743912 Hardware 2.0 Programming Guide] | |||
[[CATEGORY:Hardware]] | [[CATEGORY:Hardware]] | ||