Re: [PATCH] crypto: serpent - add x86_64/avx assembler implementation

Quoting Andi Kleen [off-list ref]:

quoted

I agree with that. Currently when I boot my PC with a new 3.4 kernel all the
ciphers from the intel-aesni module get loaded whether I need them  
or not. As
Jussi stated most people using distros probably won't need the
serpent-avx-x86_64 module get loaded automatically, so it's  
probably better to
leave it that way.

That means you got a 50% chance to use the wrong serpent.

This was a continuous problem with AESNI and the accelerated CRC,
that is why the cpuid probing was implemented.

Without some form of auto probing you may as well not bother with
the optimization.

-Andi

Hm.. should not the i586/x86_64 assembler implementations of AES etc  
be autoloaded then too?

-Jussi

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