Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:13:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Michael Reifenberger <mike@Reifenberger.com> To: Christian Brueffer <brueffer@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: VIA padlock performance Message-ID: <20060719171025.P38044@fw.reifenberger.com> In-Reply-To: <20060718131356.GC1756@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE> References: <20060718110442.S20487@fw.reifenberger.com> <20060718131356.GC1756@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Christian Brueffer wrote:
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> Nice, could you update padlock(4) with information about supported C7
> processors?
>
Something like the attached patch?
Bye/2
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Index: man4.i386/padlock.4
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man4/man4.i386/padlock.4,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.3 padlock.4
--- man4.i386/padlock.4 5 Jun 2006 16:24:31 -0000 1.3
+++ man4.i386/padlock.4 19 Jul 2006 15:12:34 -0000
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm padlock
-.Nd "driver for the cryptographic functions and RNG in VIA C3 and Eden processors"
+.Nd "driver for the cryptographic functions in VIA C7, C3 and Eden processors"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following lines in your
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
The C3 and Eden processor series from VIA include hardware acceleration for
AES, as well as a hardware random number generator.
.Pp
+The C7 processor series from VIA include hardware acceleration for
+AES, SHA and RSA, as well as a hardware random number generator.
+.Pp
The
.Nm
driver registers itself to accelerate AES operations for
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