On 1/13/21 1:18 PM, Alan Somers wrote: > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 2:13 PM John Baldwin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The branch main has been updated by jhb: >> >> URL: >> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=074a91f746bd80498a4c815aa795e5dc51b12121 >> >> commit 074a91f746bd80498a4c815aa795e5dc51b12121 >> Author: John Baldwin <[email protected]> >> AuthorDate: 2021-01-13 21:13:01 +0000 >> Commit: John Baldwin <[email protected]> >> CommitDate: 2021-01-13 21:13:01 +0000 >> >> Enable accelerated AES-XTS software crypto in GENERIC. >> >> In particular, using GELI on a root filesystem will only use >> accelerated software crypto drivers if they are available before the >> root filesystem is mounted. While these modules can be loaded from >> the loader, including them in GENERIC provides a better out-of-the-box >> experience for users. >> >> Both aesni(4) and armv8crypto(4) provide accelerated implementations >> of the default cipher used by GELI (AES-XTS) in addition to other >> ciphers. >> >> Reviewed by: mhorne, allanjude, markj >> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D28100 >> >> > How about an entry in UPDATING?
Added one in RELNTOES (missed adding a Relnotes: yes tag). I don't know if we add an entry to UPDATING each time GENERIC changes? I guess people could remove lines they might have added to loader.conf to avoid a spurious warning if they are using GENERIC instead of a custom kernel. -- John Baldwin _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/dev-commits-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
