Intel EP80579 User Manual

Intel

®

 EP80579 Software for Security Applications on Intel

®

 QuickAssist Technology

August 2009

PG

Order Number: 320183-004US

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event this is not possible, the firmware will determine the sizes of these regions and set 

them accordingly. See 

 for details on how this is 

configured.

At the highest level, the software components fall into the following “layers”, as 

illustrated in 

. 

In this document, and for this release, only those layers highlighted in bold are 

described in more detail.

This layer of the architecture is for firmware which runs on the ASU.

The only firmware running at this layer in this software release is the firmware driver 

for the SSU, which runs on the ASU. This firmware is provided in binary format.

This layer of software runs on the IA core. It implements the configuration and control 

of the Acceleration Firmware layer running on the ASU, and provides an Application 

Programming Interface (API) for the rest of the system to interface with the 

acceleration firmware.  

 shows the different components at this layer. The APIs are also shown to 

highlight the mapping between APIs and the corresponding acceleration libraries. 

Standard OS 

Drivers and 

PreBoot 

Firm w are

Platform  hardware 

OS Stack or Ecosystem  M iddleware Layer

Hardw are 

Access 

Libraries

Hardw are 

Access APIs

Custom  Drivers

Custom er Application