README & Version v0.6.19 update.

- Fix QAT_HW SHA3 small packet offload issue.

Signed-off-by: Yogaraj Alamenda <yogarajx.alamenda@intel.com>

Author: Yogaraj-Alamenda

configure.ac

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([qatengine], [0.6.18], [])
+AC_INIT([qatengine], [0.6.19], [])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])

docs/limitations.md

@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@
   of the Intel® QAT driver for Linux. Use `--with-cc-opt="-DQAT_HW_DISABLE_NONZERO_MEMFREE"`
   in the Intel® QAT OpenSSL\* Engine configuration when building against earlier
   versions of the Linux driver.
-* From **version 4.19** of Intel® QAT driver for Linux, legacy or insecure algorithms such as DES,
-  3DES, MD5, SHA1, RC4 are disabled by default so there will be failures observed in the relevant
-  ciphers. Driver needs to be built with flag "--enable-legacy-algorithms" to enable those algorithms
-  support.
+* From **version 4.19 and later** of Intel® QAT driver for Linux, legacy or insecure
+  algorithms such as DH, DSA, SHA1, RSA keysizes < 2048, EC curves < 256 bits are
+  disabled by default hence there will be algo unsupported failures in the relevant ciphers.
+  Driver needs to be built with flag "--enable-legacy-algorithms" to enable those
+  algorithm support.
 * QAT Engine built for OpenSSL3.0 is only compatible with dependant libraries also linked with OpenSSL3.0
   libraries due to [OpenSSL#17112][1]. Same applies for OpenSSL 1.1.1.
 * SM4-GCM and SM4-CCM are only supported with BabaSSL versions based on OpenSSL 1.1.1.

docs/software_requirements.md

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ Technology Driver for Linux or Intel®  QuickAssist Technology
 Driver for FreeBSD. This release was validated on the following:
 
 * Operating system: CentOS* 8.4, Ubuntu\* 20.04.2 LTS & FreeBSD\* 12.3
-* Intel® Communications Chipset C62X Series Software for Linux\*, version **4.19**
+* Intel® Communications Chipset C62X Series Software for Linux\*, version **4.20**
 * Intel® Communications Chipset C62X Series Software for FreeBSD\*, version **3.12**
 * OpenSSL\* 1.1.1s & 3.0.7
 * BoringSSL\* commit - [15596efa5f][1]
-* BabaSSL - 8.3.1
+* BabaSSL - 8.3.2
 
 ## qat_sw Requirements
 Successful operation of the Intel® QAT Software acceleration requires a
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ This release was validated on the following:
 
 * Operating system: Ubuntu\* 20.04.2 LTS
 * Intel® Crypto Multi-buffer library from the [ipp-crypto][2] release
-  version **IPP Crypto 2021.6**
+  version **IPP Crypto 2021.7**
 * Intel® Multi-Buffer crypto for IPsec Library release version **v1.3**
 * OpenSSL\* 1.1.1s & 3.0.7
 * BoringSSL\* commit - [15596efa5f][1]
-* BabaSSL - 8.3.1
+* BabaSSL - 8.3.2
 
 [1]:https://github.com/google/boringssl/tree/15596efa5fe18e43bdc0ecd32d4ef93437f51d49
 [2]:https://github.com/intel/ipp-crypto

e_qat.c

@@ -151,13 +151,13 @@
 const char *engine_qat_id = STR(QAT_ENGINE_ID);
 #if defined(QAT_HW) && defined(QAT_SW)
 const char *engine_qat_name =
-    "Reference implementation of QAT crypto engine(qat_hw & qat_sw) v0.6.18";
+    "Reference implementation of QAT crypto engine(qat_hw & qat_sw) v0.6.19";
 #elif QAT_HW
 const char *engine_qat_name =
-    "Reference implementation of QAT crypto engine(qat_hw) v0.6.18";
+    "Reference implementation of QAT crypto engine(qat_hw) v0.6.19";
 #else
 const char *engine_qat_name =
-    "Reference implementation of QAT crypto engine(qat_sw) v0.6.18";
+    "Reference implementation of QAT crypto engine(qat_sw) v0.6.19";
 #endif
 unsigned int engine_inited = 0;