Building and Installing the Software
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Getting Started Guide
9
Building and Installing the Software
This chapter provides details on building and installing the software on the development kit.
9.1
Unpacking the Software
The software package comes in the form of a tarball. See If required, install the 1 GbE Network
driver, see "Intel® QuickAssist Technology Drivers and Patches" in
Content from the Open Source Technology Centre”
The instructions in this document assume that you have super user privileges.
# su
<enter password for root>
Create a working directory for the software. This directory can be user defined, but for the
purposes of this document, a recommendation is provided.
# mkdir /QAT
# cd /QAT
Note:
In this document, the working directory is assumed to be /QAT.
Transfer the tarball to the development board using any preferred method, for example
USB memory stick, CDROM, or network transfer in the
/QAT
directory. Unpack the tarball
using the following command:
# tar -zxof <tarball name>
Restricting access to the files is recommended:
# chmod -R 770 /QAT
The installation script and driver files are created under the /QAT directory.
9.2
Installation Script
An installation script is provided that walks you through building/installing the software. Refer
to
for instructions on installing the software on a new platform.
The installation script can also be launched with command line arguments giving the option to
bypass the interactive setup. Refer to
for additional information.
For details on minimizing Acceleration Software compilation time, refer to
The Programmer's Guide for your platform describes required and optional build flags in the
“Build Flag Summary” section. If you are usi
ng the installation script, the required build flags
are handled by default. The optional build flags control the driver functionality and can be used
with the installation script or the command line arguments.
The installation script file must be run as root. If the script is executed as a user other than root,
the following error is returned: ERROR This script must be run as root.
Launch the script using the following command:
