Re: [PATCHv2 0/7] Add VMX module for PPC64

2015-02-28 Thread Herbert Xu
On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 02:54:55PM -0200, Leonidas S. Barbosa wrote: > VMX cryptographic acceleration instructions were added to the POWER8 > CPU. These instructions implement portions of AES and GHASH in hardware. > > This patch set adds a new module for PPC64, vmx, that support > cryptographic r

[PATCHv2 0/7] Add VMX module for PPC64

2015-02-06 Thread Leonidas S. Barbosa
VMX cryptographic acceleration instructions were added to the POWER8 CPU. These instructions implement portions of AES and GHASH in hardware. This patch set adds a new module for PPC64, vmx, that support cryptographic routines such as AES and GHASH on hardware. In order to access VMX instructions