This version currently works only for the Intel Atom C2000 (Rangeley) Platform. It has been tested on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial).
Derived from Intel QAT1.5 Reference Driver, available at: https://01.org/packet-processing/intel%C2%AE-quickassist-technology-drivers-and-patches
This driver provides the QAT API, and can be used via OpenSSL ( https://github.com/01org/QAT_Engine) or via DPDK's cryptodev functionality.
Requires dkms, gcc, libssl-dev, zlib1g-dev, linux-headers, systemd
$ git clone https://github.com/lecoq/qat_c2xxx
$ cd qat_c2xxx
$ sudo make install
Verify that quickassist service is operational:
$ systemctl status quickassist
$ sudo cat /proc/icp_c2xxx_dev0/qat0