Newsmail wrote: > is there any sence that maybe with this new loop-aes version Jari announced > not so long time ago , we could notice speedups? or is this some illusion > of my part (kernel 2.4)? 2.4 kernels have faster loop than 2.2 kernels, so if you upgraded from 2.2 kernel to 2.4 kernel, you may see better performance. > 2nd question: if we compile loop-aes with -O6 by editing the linux > makefile, could we notice speedups, or its not recommended at all to use > -O6? I'M using gcc-3.2.1 Please don't change the optimization level in kernel Makefile. Kernel code needs to cope with interrupts and other processes modifying data in a way not detectable by the compiler. Too high optimization level may optimize away code that is required for correct operation. Regards, Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi> - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
