Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 10:44:41 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> To: Christoph Moench-Tegeder <cmt@burggraben.net> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atom C2758 - loading aesni(4) reduces performance Message-ID: <20150525174441.GD37063@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <20150525134644.GB1457@elch.exwg.net> References: <6BA42026-C785-40B5-B9CF-DD4280693C41@dragondata.com> <20150524224454.GX37063@funkthat.com> <687C0C52-08FA-4234-9A64-527163EED3C8@dragondata.com> <20150525114131.GA1457@elch.exwg.net> <20150525131010.1abda315@gumby.homeunix.com> <20150525134644.GB1457@elch.exwg.net>
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Christoph Moench-Tegeder wrote this message on Mon, May 25, 2015 at 15:46 +0200:
> ## RW (rwmaillists@googlemail.com):
>
> > But AFAIK you need the crypto module for AES-NI support in geli.
> >
> > Is there any way to have both work optimally?
>
> geli needs crypto(4), but does not use cryptodev(4) - at least, that's what
> I gather from the man page.
Correct... It is safe to load crypto(4) and aesni(4)... and
cryptodev(4) isn't needed for geli to use the aesni module...
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