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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/crypto/Kconfig8
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c2
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/Kconfig b/arch/x86/crypto/Kconfig
index 24875e6295f2..7b1bebed879d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ config CRYPTO_CURVE25519_X86
- ADX (large integer arithmetic)
config CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL
- tristate "Ciphers: AES, modes: ECB, CBC, CTS, CTR, XTR, XTS, GCM (AES-NI)"
+ tristate "Ciphers: AES, modes: ECB, CBC, CTS, CTR, XCTR, XTS, GCM (AES-NI/VAES)"
depends on X86
select CRYPTO_AEAD
select CRYPTO_LIB_AES
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ config CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL
help
Block cipher: AES cipher algorithms
AEAD cipher: AES with GCM
- Length-preserving ciphers: AES with ECB, CBC, CTS, CTR, XTR, XTS
+ Length-preserving ciphers: AES with ECB, CBC, CTS, CTR, XCTR, XTS
Architecture: x86 (32-bit and 64-bit) using:
- AES-NI (AES new instructions)
+ - VAES (Vector AES)
+
+ Some algorithm implementations are supported only in 64-bit builds,
+ and some have additional prerequisites such as AVX2 or AVX512.
config CRYPTO_BLOWFISH_X86_64
tristate "Ciphers: Blowfish, modes: ECB, CBC"
diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c b/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c
index d63ba9eaba3e..b0dd83555499 100644
--- a/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c
+++ b/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c
@@ -1750,6 +1750,6 @@ static void __exit aesni_exit(void)
late_initcall(aesni_init);
module_exit(aesni_exit);
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Rijndael (AES) Cipher Algorithm, Intel AES-NI instructions optimized");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AES cipher and modes, optimized with AES-NI or VAES instructions");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_ALIAS_CRYPTO("aes");