Re: 2.6.6-mm5

James Morris
2004-05-23T15:51:59Z

On Sat, 22 May 2004, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:

> On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 10:36, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.6/2.6.6-mm5/
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.6/2.6.6-mm5/
> >
>
> Will you included the i586-optimized AES patch from Fruhwirth Clemens to
> the -mm tree? I find this patch really interesting, as it boost IPSec
> ESP AES considerably.

The problem is that we still need some kind of algorithm selection
mechanism (config time, preferrably), so that the right boxes get the asm
version loaded.

- James
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James Morris
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