On 11/08/2010 10:18 AM, Petr Pisar wrote:
So, after quick reading, this is not what I expected. This is just
another kernel block cypher used by dmcrypt to (de)crypt block device
data guartneeing encryption key does no leave CPU by storing the key in
SSE register. The drawback is nobody can use SSE instructions then.
-- Petr
Yes, I went quickly through that theses and it is as you wrote - nobody
can use streaming instruction any more. Similar approach might be a way
for architectures, where is possible to allocate a part of the internal
cache as a fast memory and place there what ever you want.
Vaclav M.