git: 074a91f746bd - main - Enable accelerated AES-XTS software crypto in GENERIC.

[Alan Somers]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 2:13 PM John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:

> The branch main has been updated by jhb:
>
> URL:
> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=074a91f746bd80498a4c815aa795e5dc51b12121
>
> commit 074a91f746bd80498a4c815aa795e5dc51b12121
> Author:     John Baldwin <jhb at FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2021-01-13 21:13:01 +0000
> Commit:     John Baldwin <jhb at FreeBSD.org>
> 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?