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Linux 6.16 Crypto Brings Faster AES-XTS On AVX-512 CPUs, Intel QAT Gen6 Support

The cryptography subsystem updates have been merged for the start of the Linux 6.16 cycle

Thanks to the work of Google engineer Eric Biggers who has pursued many of the Intel/AMD x86_64 crypto optimizations, there is yet more to be excited about with Linux 6.16. The other notable change is Intel adding a QAT GEN6 driver to the Linux kernel. Not yet confirmed but given the timing presumably the new QAT accelerator IP will debut with next-gen Xeon Diamond Rapids processors.

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