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Hardware Requirements

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QAT Hardware Acceleration

QAT_HW acceleration is supported on platforms with the following QAT devices:

Intel QuickAssist 4xxx Series

Latest generation QAT devices

Intel QuickAssist Adapter 8970

High-performance adapter

Intel QuickAssist Adapter 8960

High-performance adapter

Intel QuickAssist Adapter 8950

Communications chipset

Intel Atom C3000 Series

Denverton processor family

Intel Atom P5900 Series

P-series processor family

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QAT Software Acceleration

QAT_SW acceleration is supported on platforms starting with:
QAT_SW provides software-based cryptographic acceleration using optimized libraries on compatible Intel processors.

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Software Requirements

Successful operation requires QAT Hardware drivers (for QAT_HW) or optimized software libraries (for QAT_SW), along with a compatible crypto library.

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QAT Hardware Drivers

DriverVersionPlatform
QAT Driver for Linux HW 2.0QAT20.L.1.2.30-00090QAT 2.0 devices
QAT Driver for Linux HW 1.xQAT.L.4.28.0-00004QAT 1.x devices
Intel QATlib (in-tree)24.09.0, 24.02.04xxx devices only
DriverVersionPlatform
QAT Driver for FreeBSDQAT.B.3.14.31-00003FreeBSD 13.2
QATlib for FreeBSD23.09.0FreeBSD 14 (in-tree)

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QAT Software Libraries

Required for QAT_SW acceleration:
LibraryVersionPurpose
Intel Crypto Multi-bufferIPP Crypto v1.2.0, 2021.10Vectorized crypto operations
Intel Multi-Buffer crypto for IPsecv2.0IPsec crypto acceleration
For BoringSSL support, use IPP Crypto 2021.10 specifically.

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Crypto Libraries

Supported SSL/TLS libraries:
Supported Versions:
  • 3.0.16
  • 3.2.4
  • 3.3.3
  • 3.4.1
  • 3.5.0
OpenSSL GitHub Repository

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Build Prerequisites

Required autotools for building from source:
  • autoconf
  • automake
  • libtool
  • pkg-config
Ensure all prerequisites are installed before running autogen.sh to configure the build.

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Version Compatibility

This release has been validated on the versions listed above and is expected to work on:
  • All major Linux distributions
  • FreeBSD 13.2 and 14
  • Latest versions from the linked repositories
For the most up-to-date compatibility information, refer to the Intel QuickAssist Technology documentation.

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