linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Improve sequence number generation.

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Message-ID: <20110821032753.GA8992@thunk.org>
Date:	Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:27:53 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>
Cc:	w@....eu, dan@...para.com, davem@...emloft.net,
	gerrit@....abdn.ac.uk, herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mpm@...enic.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Improve sequence number generation.

Here's a random thought --- it won't help on anything other than
modern x86's, but who's to say we have to use the same algorithm on
all platforms?  Does the AES-NI facility provide enough of a speedup
that it's worth using it instead of MD5, at least on modern x86
systems which have this support?

					- Ted
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