On 25.10.2009 12:01, Jari Ruusu wrote: > 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? Yes i definitly am willing to test code. > 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. OK, so i made my order at my local dealer a few minutes ago. It will take a few days until i can get my claws on them. :-) Bis denn -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous. - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
