Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology Software Readme
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Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology Software Package Version: QATSWPkgVersion
Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology Driver Version: 2.7.1.X

License
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Refer to license.txt in this package for the Intel software license agreement before using this software.
In addition to Intel software, this package includes the following components:
1) Built in sample code from Microsoft samples, licenced with MS-LPL (license.rtf)
   * License file included in this package and detailed at:
     http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowshardware/Windows-8-Driver-Samples-5e1aa62e
2) This software package uses the Intel(R) Storage Acceleration library (isa-l) to perform data
   compression using software.
   * The isa-l library is used under the terms of the license listed at:
     https://github.com/intel/isa-l/blob/master/LICENSE
   * This license file is included in this package as a file named isa-l_LICENSE.txt
3) This software package also uses the LZ4 software library to perform data compression using the
   LZ4 algorithm.
   * The LZ4 software library is used under the terms of the license listed at:
     https://github.com/lz4/lz4/blob/dev/lib/LICENSE
   * This license file is included in this package as a file named lz4_LICENSE.txt

Release Notes
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For the latest information about this release, download the "Release Notes" from the same location
where you downloaded this software package.

Getting Started Guide
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For general information on how to use this software package, please see the Getting Started Guide
document included with this software package.