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Date:      Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:31:16 -0600
From:      Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>
To:        Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: QAT driver
Message-ID:  <CAOtMX2ioNVM3ZTuH_0aARnJoMY-ymw1KRR=4E0adGQJrBgV9Ww@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20201026200059.GA66299@raichu>
References:  <20201026200059.GA66299@raichu>

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On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 2:01 PM Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I did a port of NetBSD's qat(4) to FreeBSD for pfSense, and made some
> enhancements.  This provides an opencrypto-compatible driver for Intel's
> QuickAssist devices, aimed mainly to be used with IPSec.  A review is
> posted here for anyone interested in reviewing:
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26963
>
> So far it's mostly been tested on an Atom C3000, where some ad-hoc
> testing with iperf3 shows ~20-30% improvements relative to aesni(4) and
> some reduction in CPU usage.  I've done some functional testing on a
> Xeon system with a 8950 adapter as well.  If anyone is interested in
> testing the driver, please send me email.  Some firmware images not
> included in the review above are required in order to test.  I plan to
> port it to stable/12 shortly.
>
> Thanks,
> -Mark
>

Awesome!  I have an Atom C2758 that I could test it on, and I would like to
test it.  I just need to create a head BE first.
-Alan



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