23.09d - Is QAT Broken?
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@bcdouglas
Sounds like I am being admonished; if so I will take it on the chin. It was not my intent to cause waves but clearly something unintended was triggered.As users we don't always have the technical language for this kind of discourse but all I can say is that I did my best to read-into the topic to try and understand the apparent changes or limitations, only to find gaps in the documentation.
Threads such as this may put-off others from providing feedback but it shouldn't. Please set this aside and do comment when you think something does not make sense. Nothing can move forward without feedback.
Anyway, I'll take the thumping on this one.
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I really don't think there was any issue here. Reading back I think there was a misunderstanding earlier on but in general this was a useful discussion. No admonishment required!
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@RobbieTT Not from me. The conversations from the Netgate side often take a weird turn when users try to ask honest questions and help.
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D Djbower1 referenced this topic on
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No observable change in functionality with the newly-enabled QAT 200xx devices (tested on an Xeon D-1536NT with 23.09.b.20231020.0600 installed) from that of the C3xxx series on the same beta load.
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The change we made there should now recognise that device as QAT capable on the dashboard. It should also load the qat module if it's not already.
However the driver itself already worked with the hardware so if it was loaded then the kernel could already use it for kernel mode crypto. -
@stephenw10
It does show correctly and I have provided feedback on issue #14844.
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S sandie referenced this topic on
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Interesting conversations, indeed. I hope that if I installed the QAT device that all need for it, whether kernel or user induced, would utilized the device...that's the reason for purchasing the device. I know in both 23.05.1 and 23.09 releases, the QAT driver takes almost 3 minutes to load on one of my boxes.
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@RobbieTT said in 23.09d - Is QAT Broken?:
There is certainly little point leaving QAT idle when it could be put to use; well, in my view. QAT is one of things that attracted me to Netgate / pfSense+.
I agree and what also attracted me to plus as well and having it in two boxes.
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Wendell has just posted this video on QAT and where it should be used:
Clearly I agree.
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@RobbieTT said in 23.09d - Is QAT Broken?:
Wendell has just posted this video on QAT and where it should be used:
Clearly I agree.
️Right on...wished he had also test on FreeBSD...
