Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:48:51 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/5] i387: stable kernel backport |
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On 02/23/2012 02:38 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > You'd still need an x86-32 machine to test on, because x86-64 was > immune to this issue. > > But yeah, the impact of this seems to be small enough that for older > kernels (which are likely used on older systems for maintenance > anyway) disabling AES-NI on x86-32 really might be the way to go. >
That would really suck for users of encrypted hard disks.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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