On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Ariane van der Steldt <ari...@stack.nl> wrote: >> - add new drivers that attach on specific CPUs and hook into the >> crypto framework to provide optimized implementations > > Even if it isn't faster, it may allow the cpu to do something else in > the meantime. That is a good thing.
My wording was perhaps confusing. By "specific CPUs", I meant specific CPU architectures. E.g., the current fastest AES implementation for the Athlon 64 is different than the fastest AES implementation for the Core 2.
