Hei hei, On Sun, Jul 02, 2017 at 10:30:30PM +0200, Clemens Gruber wrote: > I am wondering about the performance improvements when using the > cryptodev openssl engine. There must be some cost for the context > switches, but this is probably outweighed by the offloading. > Did you for example run openssl speed aes-128-cbc before and after? > And on what platform did you try it?
fli4l [1] uses cryptodev and the experience there is, it depends on the platform. Some platforms benefit a lot, especially for OpenVPN, others not so much. Depends on what the CPU offers and how fast the system in general is. Greets Alex [1] http://www.fli4l.de/ -- »With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.« (Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie) *** GnuPG-FP: C28E E6B9 0263 95CF 8FAF 08FA 34AD CD00 7221 5CC6 ***
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