--- title: Intel QATlib 26.08 Released With Gen6 Device Support,... description: Intel has released QATlib 26.08, the user-space library for QuickAssist Technology accelerators on Linux. Key additions include Gen6 6XXX accelerator support... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-qatlib-26-08-released-with-gen6-device-support-2mb-hugepages-udpr7aaz8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Intel QATlib 26.08 Released With Gen6 Device Support, 2MB Hugepages | daily.dev og:description: Intel has released QATlib 26.08, the user-space library for QuickAssist Technology accelerators on Linux. Key additions include Gen6 6XXX accelerator support... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-qatlib-26-08-released-with-gen6-device-support-2mb-hugepages-udpr7aaz8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/udPr7aaZ8.png og:image:alt: Intel QATlib 26.08 Released With Gen6 Device Support, 2MB Hugepages og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Intel QATlib 26.08 Released With Gen6 Device Support, 2MB Hugepages **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Intel has released QATlib 26.08, the user-space library for QuickAssist Technology accelerators on Linux. Key additions include Gen6 6XXX accelerator support with dictionary, Zstandard, and Key Protection Technology (KPT) features, plus sample code targeting these devices. The release also adds 2MB hugepages support via the QAT_MAX_2M_HPG_PER_PROCESS environment variable, EPOLL coalesce timer support, and an sla_mgr script for device rate-limiting management. Gen6 QAT support is expected to ship with next-gen Xeon 7 Diamond Rapids processors. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new features does Intel QATlib 26.08 add? QATlib 26.08 adds Gen6 6XXX accelerator support including dictionary, Zstandard, and Key Protection Technology (KPT) features with sample code. It also introduces 2MB hugepages support via the QAT_MAX_2M_HPG_PER_PROCESS environment variable, EPOLL coalesce timer support, and an sla_mgr script for device rate-limiting management. Gen6 QAT is expected to appear in next-gen Xeon 7 Diamond Rapids processors. _Engineers evaluating Intel QAT hardware for compression or crypto workloads track releases like this on daily.dev._ ### How do I enable 2MB hugepages in Intel QATlib? Set the QAT_MAX_2M_HPG_PER_PROCESS environment variable before running your QAT workload. This feature was introduced in QATlib 26.08 and allows processes to use 2MB hugepages with QuickAssist accelerators on Linux. _Linux performance engineers tuning QAT workloads find relevant release notes and discussions on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Intel QAT Zstd, QAT Gen6 Improvements Merged For Linux 7.1](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-qat-zstd-qat-gen6-improvements-merged-for-linux-7-1-bmnwwk9sn) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Intel Releases QATlib 26.02 With New APIs For Zero-Copy DMA](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-releases-qatlib-26-02-with-new-apis-for-zero-copy-dma-la5nvlv55) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Intel QAT Driver With Linux 7.1 Adding Zstd Offload Support](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-qat-driver-with-linux-7-1-adding-zstd-offload-support-evmybppbz) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux Kernel 7.1 is a Feature Release That Could Be Useful For You](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-kernel-7-1-is-a-feature-release-that-could-be-useful-for-you-77klzz9de) · It's Foss · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux 7.2 Preparing Intel Key Protection Technology "KPT" For Next-Gen QAT](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-preparing-intel-key-protection-technology-kpt-for-next-gen-qat-gi0nd80wd) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#intel](https://daily.dev/tags/intel) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-qatlib-26-08-released-with-gen6-device-support-2mb-hugepages-udpr7aaz8) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Intel QATlib 26.08 Released With Gen6 Device Support, 2MB Hugepages","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/intel-qatlib-26-08-released-with-gen6-device-support-2mb-hugepages-udpr7aaz8","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/intel-qatlib-26-08-released-with-gen6-device-support-2mb-hugepages-udpr7aaz8"},"datePublished":"2026-08-07T17:01:21.290Z","dateModified":"2026-08-07T17:01:52.281Z","description":"Intel has released QATlib 26.08, the user-space library for QuickAssist Technology accelerators on Linux. 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