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Update instructions on where to find qat firmware
Add instructions for getting qat gen 4 firmware from the linux-firmware repo. Signed-off-by: Fiona Trahe <[email protected]>
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@@ -73,9 +73,15 @@ Check System Prerequisites
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4xxx : Use "lspci -d 8086:4941" to check VF devices have been created.
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401xx : Use "lspci -d 8086:4943" to check VF devices have been created.
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* firmware must be available
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Check that these files exist, if not contact [email protected]
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Check that these files exist:
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/lib/firmware/qat_4xxx.bin or /lib/firmware/qat_4xxx.bin.xz
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/lib/firmware/qat_4xxx_mmp.bin or /lib/firmware/qat_4xxx_mmp.bin.xz
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If not, download the firmware images from linux-firmware and copy them
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to /lib/firmware:
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wget https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/qat_4xxx.bin
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wget https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/qat_4xxx_mmp.bin
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sudo mv qat_4xxx.bin /lib/firmware
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sudo mv qat_4xxx_mmp.bin /lib/firmware
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On updating these files run "sudo dracut --force" to update initramfs.
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* kernel driver must be running
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Use "lsmod | grep qat" to check that these kernel modules are running:

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