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

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On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 07:44:48AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:40:06PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> >
> > > What we could do is to use the cpuid-based probing when an algorithm
> > > is needed to selectively load the relevant implementations instead
> > > of all of them.  However, for most algorithms it won't make that
> > > big a difference since all the available ones will be loaded anyway.
> > 
> > Yes cpuid probing does that.
> 
> I was under the impression that using cpuid meant that the algorithm
> would be loaded regardless of whether it has been requested, as long
> as the cpuid matches.

It loads it always correct.

-Andi

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