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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] crypto: aesni - fix build on x86 (32bit)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 10:00:53 -0800
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On 01/06/2014 09:57 AM, Tim Chen wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-01-06 at 09:45 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Can the code be adjusted to compile for 32 bit x86 or is that pointless?
>>
> 
> Code was optimized for wide registers.  So it is only meant for x86_64.
> 

Aren't the "wide registers" the vector registers?  Or are you also
relying on 64-bit integer registers (in which case we should just rename
the file to make it clear it is x86-64 only.)

	-hpa