Intel EP80579 ユーザーズマニュアル

Intel

®

 EP80579 Software for Security Applications on Intel

®

 QuickAssist Technology

PG

August 2009

32

Order Number: 320183-004US

• No updates in this release.

The Acceleration System Driver is the kernel module responsible for initializing the 

Security subsystem on EP80579 integrated processor. It performs the following 

primary tasks:

• PCI driver for the Ring Controller and ASU cluster devices. 
• loads firmware to the Acceleration Engines in the Acceleration Services Unit.
• provides hardware-related services for sub-component modules, for example, 

interrrupt management services.

• provides an interface to extract information set up by pre-boot firmware about non-

coherent and coherent DRAM regions.

• controls the initialization and shutdown of the sub-component modules that make 

up the Security Subsystem.

• enables system resource variables to be modified using a user-space component 

that reads a configuration file at startup.

 list the system resource variables.

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