These are the changes required for compiling Kata containers kernet with QAT

ClearLinux.yml

---
# SPDX-license-identifier: Apache-2.0
##############################################################################
# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
# are made available under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0
# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
##############################################################################
qat_driver_pkgs:
  - linux-lts2018-dev
  - make
  - c-basic
  - dev-utils
  - devpkg-systemd
kata_kernel_pkgs:
  - devpkg-elfutils

configure-qat-kata.yml

---
# SPDX-license-identifier: Apache-2.0
##############################################################################
# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
# are made available under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0
# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
##############################################################################

- hosts: kata-node
  become: yes 
  tasks:
    - name: Load krd variables
      include_vars:
        file: "{{ item }}"
      with_items:
        - krd-vars.yml
        - "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
    - name: install kata kernel compilation packages
      package:
        name: "{{ item }}"
        state: present
      with_items: "{{ kata_kernel_pkgs }}"
    - name: get kernel host version
      shell: "uname -r | awk '{printf \"%.2f\", $1, $2}'"
      register: kernel_version_host
    - name: get architecture host info
      shell: "uname -m"
      register: arch_host
    - name: retrieve config files
      get_url:
        url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kata-containers/packaging/master/kernel/configs/{{ arch_host.stdout }}_kata_kvm_{{ kernel_version_host.stdout }}.x"
        dest: "/tmp/.config"
    - name: get kernel version from the config file
      shell: "grep \"Linux/[$(uname -m)]*\" /tmp/.config | awk '{printf $3}'"
      register: kernel_version
    - name: get kernel tarball
      get_url:
        url: "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v{{ kernel_version.stdout | regex_replace('^(\\d+\\.)?(\\d+\\.)?(\\*|\\d+)$', '\\1') }}x/linux-{{ kernel_version.stdout }}.tar.xz"
        dest: "/tmp/linux.tar.xz"
    - name: create qat folder
      file:
        state: directory
        path: "/tmp/linux/"
    - name: extract kernel source code
      unarchive:
        src: "/tmp/linux.tar.xz"
        dest: "/tmp/linux/"
        remote_src: yes 
    - name: move kata-containers kernel config file
      shell: "mv /tmp/.config /tmp/linux/linux-{{ kernel_version.stdout }}/"
    - name: apply kata-containers patches
      shell: "curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kata-containers/packaging/master/kernel/patches/4.19.x/{{ item }} | patch -p1"
            args:
        chdir: "/tmp/linux/linux-{{ kernel_version.stdout }}/"
      loop:
        - 0001-NO-UPSTREAM-9P-always-use-cached-inode-to-fill-in-v9.patch
        - 0002-Compile-in-evged-always.patch
    - name: add qat container as extra version
      lineinfile:
        path: "/tmp/linux/linux-{{ kernel_version.stdout }}/Makefile"
        regexp: '^EXTRAVERSION'
        line: 'EXTRAVERSION = .qat.container'
    - name: enable kernel features
      lineinfile:
        path: "/tmp/linux/linux-{{ kernel_version.stdout }}/.config"
        regexp: '^# {{ item }}'
        line: '{{ item }}=Y'
      loop:
        - CONFIG_PCI_IOV
        - CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1
        - CONFIG_CRYPTO_DH
    - name: build kata kernel
      make:
        chdir: "/tmp/linux/linux-{{ kernel_version.stdout }}/"
        params:
          ARCH: "{{ arch_host.stdout }}"
    - name: create kata dest folder
      file:
        state: directory
        path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/kata"
    - name: move kernel binary to the right location
      shell: "mv /tmp/linux/linux-{{ kernel_version.stdout }}/arch/{{ arch_host.stdout }}/boot/bzImage {{ ansible_env.HOME }}/kata/vmlinuz-{{ kernel_version.stdout }}.qat.container"
# Prepare Kata root filesystem
    - name: clone intel-device-plugins-for-kubernetes repo
      git:
        repo: "https://github.com/kata-containers/osbuilder.git"
        dest: "/tmp/osbuilder"
        version: "1.6.2"
        update: true
        force: true
      register: git_clone
      until: git_clone | success
      retries: 2
      delay: 5
    - name : add execution permissions to config.sh
      file:
        dest: "/tmp/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}/config.sh"
        mode: a+x
    - name: configure clearlinux osbuilder
      command: "sh /tmp/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}/config.sh"
    - name: prepare kata root filesystem
      shell: "USE_DOCKER=true SECCOMP=no /tmp/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs.sh clearlinux"

hosts.ini

[all]
localhost

[kube-master]
localhost

[kube-node]
localhost

[etcd]
localhost

[qat-node]
localhost

[kata-node]
localhost

[k8s-cluster:children]
kube-node
kube-master