From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 9 21:37:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7200010656F7; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 21:37:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brueffer@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6123C8FC15; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 21:37:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o89Lb5Rj035981; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 21:37:05 GMT (envelope-from brueffer@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from brueffer@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o89Lb5Jn035979; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 21:37:05 GMT (envelope-from brueffer@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201009092137.o89Lb5Jn035979@svn.freebsd.org> From: Christian Brueffer Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 21:37:05 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r212388 - head/share/man/man4 X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:37:05 -0000 Author: brueffer Date: Thu Sep 9 21:37:05 2010 New Revision: 212388 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/212388 Log: Some more grammar, wording and mdoc fixes. Modified: head/share/man/man4/aesni.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/aesni.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/aesni.4 Thu Sep 9 21:32:09 2010 (r212387) +++ head/share/man/man4/aesni.4 Thu Sep 9 21:37:05 2010 (r212388) @@ -50,20 +50,24 @@ Starting with some models of Core i5/i7, a new set of instructions called AESNI. The set of six instructions accelerates the calculation of the key schedule for key lengths of 128, 192, and 256 of the Advanced -Encryption Standard (AES) symmetric cipher, and provides hardware +Encryption Standard (AES) symmetric cipher, and provides a hardware implementation of the regular and the last encryption and decryption rounds. .Pp The processor capability is reported as AESNI in the Features2 line at boot. -Driver does not attach on the system that lacks the required CPU capability. +The +.Nm +driver does not attach on systems that lack the required CPU capability. .Pp The .Nm driver registers itself to accelerate AES operations for .Xr crypto 4 . -Besides speed, the advantage of using the driver is that the AESNI operation +Besides speed, the advantage of using the +.Nm +driver is that the AESNI operation is data-independent, thus eliminating some attack vectors based on -measuring cache use and timings typically present in the table-driven +measuring cache use and timings typically present in table-driven implementations. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr crypt 3 ,