Re: CESA kernel module

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

* Karsten König <remur@gmx.net> [2009-11-23 19:50]:
> Well now I want to use it finally, how do I see if it actually
> works?  mkfs.ext3 is much faster on the unencrypted partition, on
> the encrypted partition now mv_crypto is up to ~40% cpu usage, so I
> guess it is running but still very slow, or am I mistaken? Is
> mkfs.ext3 a "bad benchmark" and normal file copy operations will
> behave better?

I don't think you can expect a lot of speed from the current CESA
driver, see:
http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org/msg03357.html

I'm copying the author of the driver so he can comment on the current
status and plans.
-- 
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/