From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 6 02:40:25 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3454816A4CE; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 02:40:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smarthost2.sentex.ca (smarthost2.sentex.ca [205.211.164.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D167F43D2F; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 02:40:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from BLUELAPIS.sentex.ca (cage.simianscience.com [64.7.134.1]) by smarthost2.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with SMTP id j362eJ9W046359; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 22:40:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) From: Mike Tancsa To: Dustin Wilhoit Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 22:40:19 -0400 Message-ID: <8ti651lgqiguv9tld6covi8ubsk2fvbggm@4ax.com> References: <20050405173450.01D3916A4DC@hub.freebsd.org> <595aee4d9b8e85e98d8081938c0955d4@elhombre.us> In-Reply-To: <595aee4d9b8e85e98d8081938c0955d4@elhombre.us> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Geom_gbde and Hardware Crypto Accelerators X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 02:40:25 -0000 On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 16:21:34 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: >After searching google and the archives I wasn't able to find any=20 >current information on the status of hardware cryptographic=20 >accelerators (like the Soekris vpn1401) and gbde. Can gbde harness the=20 >power of one of these accelerator cards yet? If so do they provide=20 >significant offloading from the processor(s)? Any comments on the=20 >Soekris vpn1401 card I've been thinking about? Thanks in advance. Hi, It wont work. I know the authorth was thinking about adding VIA C3/Padlock support, but not sure the details. ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, Sentex communications http://www.sentex.net Providing Internet Access since 1994 mike@sentex.net, (http://www.tancsa.com)