From 7cc89fce6b75a4b2c9ba950e85a3b754ec2a7660 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fiona Trahe Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 19:35:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- INSTALL | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 78a1890c..72751906 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -73,9 +73,15 @@ Check System Prerequisites 4xxx : Use "lspci -d 8086:4941" to check VF devices have been created. 401xx : Use "lspci -d 8086:4943" to check VF devices have been created. * firmware must be available - Check that these files exist, if not contact qat-linux@intel.com + Check that these files exist: /lib/firmware/qat_4xxx.bin or /lib/firmware/qat_4xxx.bin.xz /lib/firmware/qat_4xxx_mmp.bin or /lib/firmware/qat_4xxx_mmp.bin.xz + If not, download the firmware images from linux-firmware and copy them + to /lib/firmware: + wget https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/qat_4xxx.bin + wget https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/qat_4xxx_mmp.bin + sudo mv qat_4xxx.bin /lib/firmware + sudo mv qat_4xxx_mmp.bin /lib/firmware On updating these files run "sudo dracut --force" to update initramfs. * kernel driver must be running Use "lsmod | grep qat" to check that these kernel modules are running: