x86/64: enable AES-NI support in kernel

The kernel will detect if the host supports this, so we can just enable
it in the kernel config.

Tested on an APU2 with AES-NI support and a KVM VM on a Xeon E5520 host
without AES-NI support.

Throughput over an IPsec tunnel between these 2 hosts increased from
~63Mbps to ~140Mbps. Ciphers: AES_GCM_16_256/PRF_HMAC_SHA2_512/ECP_521.

Signed-off-by: Stijn Tintel <stijn@linux-ipv6.be>
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Stijn Tintel 2017-01-04 00:15:23 +01:00
parent 2406b3488f
commit 301301da2b

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@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ CONFIG_CALGARY_IOMMU_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT=y
CONFIG_CONNECTOR=y
CONFIG_CPU_RMAP=y
CONFIG_CRC_T10DIF=y
# CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_X86_64 is not set
CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_X86_64=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL=y
# CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH_X86_64 is not set
# CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA_AESNI_AVX2_X86_64 is not set
# CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA_AESNI_AVX_X86_64 is not set