2023-03-29 18:55:18

by Eric Biggers

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] Implement GCM ghash using Zbc and Zbkb extensions

Hi Heiko,

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 04:06:38PM +0200, Heiko Stuebner wrote:
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> [PATCH v4 0/4] Implement GCM ghash using Zbc and Zbkb extensions

Has there been consideration of implementing AES-GCM instead of GHASH by itself?
This is what arm64 does, for example. There is not currently any use case for
GHASH outside of AES-GCM, and it's more efficient to implement the full AES-GCM.

- Eric