Re: FreeBSD 14 Port of OpenSSL 3 with QAT Engine

> On Oct 8, 2023, at 10:24 PM, Bernard Spil <brnrd@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> On 2023-10-08 12:43, Jeffrey E Altman wrote:
>> Hello Bernard,
>> Thank you for your support of OpenSSL on FreeBSD.  I hope that you do
>> not mind me writing to you directly.
>> I see that you support various builds of OpenSSL including one with
>> support for QUIC.
>> I am searching for a version that supports the Intel QuickAssist
>> Technology (QAT) engine.
>>  https://github.com/intel/QAT_Engine/
>> FreeBSD 14 includes the QAT driver but I cannot find
>> /usr/lib/engines-3/qatengine.so
>> I am curious as to whether or not you have attempted to build the QAT
>> Engine for FreeBSD 14.
>> Thank you.
>> Jeffrey Altman
> 
> Hi Jeffrey,
> 
> I didn't know about the existence of this engine. Should be a separate port that just adds the engine shlib. Not necessarily by myself. You can always submit a port via bugzilla, notify freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org for reviewers.
> 
> I have no hardware around that I know of where I can test this proper.
> 
> Cheers, Bernard.
> 

Hi Jeffrey,

I might have an older version which used to work but I have to find it.

If you are able to check it then I will try to look for it. I no longer work for the company which used to use this and no longer have the hardware access.

Kind regards,
Moin