Bug 957400 – openswan does not load the aesni_intel kernel module

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Bug 957400 - openswan does not load the aesni_intel kernel module

Summary:	openswan does not load the aesni_intel kernel module

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	openswan (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.5
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	medium Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Paul Wouters
QA Contact:	Ondrej Moriš
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Reported:	2013-04-27 19:40 EDT by Paul Wouters
Modified:	2013-11-21 18:44 EST (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2013-11-21 18:44:52 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2013:1718	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	openswan bug fix and enhancement update	2013-11-20 16:51:39 EST

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Description Paul Wouters 2013-04-27 19:40:28 EDT

Description of problem:

openswan could perform 10x faster on machines with AES-NI instruction when the kernel module aesni_intel is loaded by openswan on startup

This is upstream commit aa83b7d56512d57d792023a80153a875d309fe83

Comment 7 Paul Wouters 2013-07-18 10:15:43 EDT

QA test: start openswan on a machine with AES NI instruction. run lsmod to confirm the aesni_intel is loaded.

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-21 18:44:52 EST

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1718.html

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