AES-NI useful?

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 17:01:20 +1100,
  Chris Smart <mail at christophersmart.com> wrote:
> Anyone know how useful AES-NI are in new Intel CPUs for encrypting
> one's hard drive? Is it well supported in the kernel, and does the
> hardware implementation make a lot of difference (I'm guessing so, as
> that's the point, but can't find any specific references..)

I am pretty sure I saw some comment about NI-AES support in comments
about kernel changes. You might look through the H online summary
of what's new in 2.6.38 to see if you find anything.