Re: GELI - disk encryption GEOM class committed.

From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek (pjd_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 08/07/05

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    Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 08:52:23 +0200
    To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
    
    
    

    On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 09:44:24PM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:
    +> At 04:54 PM 28/07/2005, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
    +>
    +> >- Utilize the crypto(9) framework, so when there is a crypto hardware
    +> > available, geli(8) will make use of it automatically.
    +> > If cryptography needs to be done in software, a dedicated kernel
    +> > thread(s) will be started to do the crypto work in there.
    +>
    +> Hi,
    +> I was trying this out on RELENG_6 and it seems to lock up the machine solid on my 4way SMP box with a hifn card. I have in the kernel

    I saw this (I've one hifn here).
    This looks like a bug in hifn(4), it locks up when too many requests are
    sent there.
    Could you try increasing sector size of encrypted provider to eg. 8192?
    (There is '-s' option for 'init' subcommand.)

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