Re: AES assembler optimizations

Patrick McFarland
2004-08-09T14:36:14Z

On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 15:47:57 +0200, Bob Deblier <bob.deblier@telenet.be> wrote:
> Just picked up on KernelTrap that there were some problems with
> optimized AES code; if you wish, I can provide my own LGPL licensed (or
> I can relicense them for you under GPL), as included in the BeeCrypt
> Cryptography Library.

Well, it ended up being that the author that was complaining about
license violations allowed Linus to use his code, AND someone else
rewrote the stuff not to use the offending code. If you want to help
us out, make a kernel patch of your code.

> I have generic i586 code and SSE-optimized code available in GNU
> assembler format. Latest version is always available on SourceForge
> (http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=8924).
>
> Please cc: me for responses, as I'm not a list subscriber.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Bob Deblier
>
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