Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > I think the subject about covers it. > > I recently bought a Intel SSD (X25-E). With my current machine (Core2Duo > E6850, 3.2 GHz) i get about 130MB/s of the possible 230MB/s when i > compare a linear dd of the loop-device vs. raw block-device. > > The real appeal of a new Nehalem-type CPU (like a Core i7-860) would be > the possibility that AES-NI delivers Full-Encryption with very small to > neglible performance impact on the SSD. As of this writing, I don't have access to a machine that has AES-NI instructions. Would you be willing to test code if AES-NI support is added to loop-AES? Most of the testing would be done as unprivileged userspace program. After it runs fine in userspace, then the code gets copied to kernel driver. -- Jari Ruusu 1024R/3A220F51 5B 4B F9 BB D3 3F 52 E9 DB 1D EB E3 24 0E A9 DD - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
