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Intel is preparing wireless mode support for QAT Gen6 hardware in the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel. The new wireless mode activates when a specific fuse bit (WCP_WAT) is clear, causing all accelerator engines to load wireless firmware. QAT Gen6 adds support for ZUC-256, 5G, and extended algorithm chaining on top of the existing Gen5 wireless algorithms. Service configuration is restricted to symmetric-only ('sym') for wireless cipher mode devices. The patch is currently queued in the cryptodev Git branch ahead of the Linux 7.1 merge window opening in April.

Intel Prepares Wireless Mode Support For QAT Gen6 Hardware