2010/9/14 Frank Peters <frank.pet...@comcast.net>: > Hello, > > I just installed Gentoo on a new Core i7 based machine. After doing a bit > of research on the best compile flags to use for this processor, I came > across the advice to enable the kernel cryptograhic API. It seems that > the kernel can make good use of the SSE 4.2 instruction set on the Core i7 > to do the cryptographic work. > > My system is mainly a desktop workstation that is used for business/home > functions such as word processing, database work, image processing, audio > processing, custom programming etc. There is no networking involved other > than a DHCP link to an ISP. > > I suppose that in my case the cryptographic API would be useless. Are the > kernel crypto routines used by any common software, or are they limited to > IPsec and other similar things? Does openssl or pz7ip use the crytpo API? > > If it is advisable for a desktop workstation to use the crypto API, what > specific routines should be enabled? There are a lot of individual routines > within the crypto API. >
The kernel crypto-api is also used for dm-crypt IIRC. Br, Maciej Grela
