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authorGreg Hudson <ghudson@mit.edu>2013-05-04 21:52:21 -0400
committerGreg Hudson <ghudson@mit.edu>2013-05-24 14:20:36 -0400
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Add AES-NI support on Linux
If yasm and cpuid.h are present on a Linux i686 or x64 system, compile the modified Intel AES-NI assembly sources. In the builtin AES enc provider, check at runtime whether the CPU supports AES-NI instructions and use the assembly functions if so.
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@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ Optional features
**-**\ **-disable-pkinit**
Disable PKINIT plugin support.
+**-**\ **-disable-aesni**
+ Disable support for using AES instructions on x86 platforms.
+
Optional packages
-----------------