2016-08-30 14:26, Eoin Breen: > --- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst > @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ Installation > To use the DPDK QAT PMD an SRIOV-enabled QAT kernel driver is required. The > VF devices exposed by this driver will be used by QAT PMD. > > +To enable QAT in DPDK you must change the ./config/common_base file. Change > the > +line 'CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT=n' to 'CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT=y' to do > this.
No, the recommended way is to change the value in the generated config file (.config). PS: please avoid confidential disclaimer
