Re: [ACRYPTO] New asynchronous crypto layer release.

[David McCullough <david_mccullough@au.securecomputing.com>]

Hi Evgeniy,

Just interested in the results you are getting below for
comparison to what I see under OCF with Openswan.

What sort of hifn card were you using in the test below,
was it a 7956 PCIX (ie., 64bit?)

How did you measure the throughput  ?

I can post the OCF numbers,  but it doesn't mean a lot
unless it's a fair comparison :-)

Cheers,
Davidm


Jivin Evgeniy Polyakov lays it down ...
> New asynchronous crypto layer acrypto [1] release.
> It includes new driver for HIFN 7955/7956 adapters,
> VIA padlock driver, driver for CE-InfoSys FastCrypt PCI card equipped
> with a SuperCrypt CE99C003B and
> dm-crypt and IPsec ESP4 engines ported to acrypto.
> 
> Psec ESP4 transport mode benchmark (scp):
>         2.6.16-1.2069_FC4smp -> vanilla 2.6.16-git: ~11.8 MB/s
> 	vanilla 2.6.16-git -> 2.6.16-1.2069_FC4smp: ~13.2 MB/s
> 
> 	2.6.16-1.2069_FC4smp -> acrypto SW 2.6.16: ~12.6 MB/s
> 	acrypto SW 2.6.16 -> 2.6.16-1.2069_FC4smp: ~13.5 MB/s
> 
> IPsec benchmark with HIFN driver:
> 	2.6.16-1.2069_FC4smp -> vanilla 2.6.16-git: ~11.8 MB/s
> 	vanilla 2.6.16-git -> 2.6.16-1.2069_FC4smp: ~13.2 MB/s
> 
> 	2.6.16-1.2069_FC4smp -> acrypto HIFN 2.6.16: ~13.2 MB/s
> 	acrypto HIFN 2.6.16 -> 2.6.16-1.2069_FC4smp: ~13.5 MB/s
> 
> As you might expect, CPU usage with HIFN driver and acrypto is noticebly
> less, since that setup is CPU limited for stock synchronous kernel
> setup (3Ghz P4 with HT enabled).
> Above numbers drift with the time, especially when machine running
> stock FC4 kernel overheats, and that numbers decrease to 12-13 MB/s.
> 
> One can find combined patchsets for 2.6.15 and 2.6.16 trees which
> include acrypto with SW crypto provider, dm-crypt and IPsec engines
> at acrypto homepage [1].
> 
> Credits.
> Yakov Lerner for great testing and bug-hunting.
> Michal Ludvig for original VIA padlock and fcrypt drivers.
> 
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 1. Asynchronous crypto layer acrypto.
> http://tservice.net.ru/~s0mbre/old/?section=projects&item=acrypto
> 
> -- 
> 	Evgeniy Polyakov
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