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Intel QuickAssist Hit By Second Demotion In Linux 6.17 Due To Lack Of Kernel Benefit
A few days ago the Intel QuickAssist 'QAT' accelerators were demoted by FSCRYPT in the Linux 6.17 development code due to being slow and bug prone with AVX-512 showing to be much faster than leveraging the QAT accelerators in this file encryption framework
A few days ago the Intel QuickAssist "QAT" accelerators were demoted by FSCRYPT in the Linux 6.17 development code due to being slow and bug prone with AVX-512 showing to be much faster than leveraging the QAT accelerators in this file encryption framework. "Most kernel applications utilizing the crypto API operate synchronously and on small buffer sizes, therefore do not benefit from QAT acceleration. Reduce the priority of QAT implementations for both skcipher and aead algorithms, allowing more suitable alternatives to be selected by default."
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