Configuration File Overview

There is a single configuration file for each Intel^® QAT Endpoint and there may be multiple Intel^® QAT Endpoints.

Note

Depending on the model number, a device may also contain no Intel^® QAT Endpoints.

The configuration file is split into a number of different sections: a General section and one or more Logical Instance sections.

The General section includes parameters that allow the user to specify:

• Which services are enabled.

• Concurrent requests default configuration.

• Interrupt coalescing configuration (optional).

• Statistics gathering configuration.

Additional details are included in General Section.

Logical Instances sections (there may be one or more) include parameters that allow the user to set:

• The number of cryptography or data compression instances being managed.

• For each instance, the name of the instance, whether or not polling is enabled, and the core to which an instance is affinitized.

Additional details are included in Logical Instances Section.

Sample configuration files are included in the package in the quickassist/utilities/adf_ctl/conf_files directory.