[meta-intel] [PATCH v3 0/4 dizzy] meta-crystalforest: Initial Intel QAT-core Implementation

[venkatasubramanian pattu]

Intel's QuickAssist Technology is designed to optimize the use and deployment of
algorithm accelerators in networking and security applications.
As the complexity of networking and security applications continues to grow,
systems need more and more computational resources for workloads,
including cryptography, data compression, and pattern matching.
Intel QuickAssist Technology is designed to optimize the use and
deployment of algorithm accelerators in these kinds of applications.

Intel QuickAssist Technology employs a hardware-assisted security engine for
implementing major security functions in both wired and wireless applications.
This hardware-assisted security engine works to reserve processor cycles
for application processing, and that in turn not only relieves CPU burden
but also improves overall system performance.

Intel QuickAssist Technology, made integral to the Intel architecture,
aims to address the demand for hardware appliances with built-in
security processing and to obviate the need for 3rd party co-processors.

The Intel QuickAssist Technology software consists of an QAT API
that is implemented by a driver which in turn drives the
Intel QuickAssist Accelerator hardware.
The acceleration driver can run in either kernel space or in user space.
When running in user space, the acceleration driver accesses the
hardware directly from user space.
This Patch enables the QAT core for both Cave Creek and Coleto Creek Platforms.

QAT package is released from 01.org.
https://01.org/packet-processing/intel%C2%AE-quickassist-technology-drivers-and-patches

"QAT1.5" for use with Intel Communications Chipset 8900 to 8920(DH89xxCC)Series.
"QAT1.6" for use with Intel Communications Chipset 8925 to 8955(DH895xcc)Series.

Changes in v3:
* Removed PR from qat.inc.
* Kernel version is pulled from the function "get_kernelversion()" in qat.inc.
* Added missing build-dependencies to solve build failure in qat.inc.
* The package version of QAT1.5 is 1.7.0-30. Therefore, recipe name is renamed from
qat_1.5.bb into qat15_1.7.0-30.bb.
* The patch (meta-crystalforest: Alternate cleanfile for QAT v1.6 source repository)
has cleaned file dc_session.h, which is the replacement for the stained file
in QAT v1.6 source repository.
* The package version of QAT1.6 is 2.2.0-30. Therefore, recipe name is renamed from
qat_1.6.bb into qat16_2.2.0-30.bb.

venkatasubramanian pattu (4):
  meta-crystalforest: Add include file for QAT
  meta-crystalforest: Intel QAT v1.5 recipe under recipes-extended
  meta-crystalforest: Alternate cleanfile for QAT v1.6 source repository
  meta-crystalforest: Intel QAT v1.6 recipe under recipes-extended

 .../recipes-extended/qat/files/00-qat_qa.rules     |   3 +
 .../recipes-extended/qat/files/dc_session.h        | 277 +++++++++++++++++++++
 .../qat/files/qat-1.5-enable-dynamic.patch         |  35 +++
 .../qat/files/qat-1.6-app-dynamiccompression.patch |  35 +++
 .../qat/files/qat-1.6-app-fix-QA-issue.patch       |  33 +++
 meta-crystalforest/recipes-extended/qat/qat.inc    | 200 +++++++++++++++
 .../recipes-extended/qat/qat15_1.7.0-30.bb         |  16 ++
 .../recipes-extended/qat/qat16_2.2.0-30.bb         |  23 ++
 8 files changed, 622 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 meta-crystalforest/recipes-extended/qat/files/00-qat_qa.rules
 create mode 100755 meta-crystalforest/recipes-extended/qat/files/dc_session.h
 create mode 100644 meta-crystalforest/recipes-extended/qat/files/qat-1.5-enable-dynamic.patch
 create mode 100644 meta-crystalforest/recipes-extended/qat/files/qat-1.6-app-dynamiccompression.patch
 create mode 100644 meta-crystalforest/recipes-extended/qat/files/qat-1.6-app-fix-QA-issue.patch
 create mode 100644 meta-crystalforest/recipes-extended/qat/qat.inc
 create mode 100644 meta-crystalforest/recipes-extended/qat/qat15_1.7.0-30.bb
 create mode 100644 meta-crystalforest/recipes-extended/qat/qat16_2.2.0-30.bb

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