[arch-general] Intel AES-NI module doesn't get loaded automatically

[Christoph Vigano]

On 02/16/2012 02:15 AM, Karol Babioch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> my hardware supports the AES-NI instruction set, which is a performance
> boost.
> 
> I'm pretty sure that the appropriate module (aesni_intel) was loaded
> automatically in the past, which seems not to be the case anymore.
> 
> I probably could place it in /etc/rc.conf or something like that, but
> before going for it, I would like to know why it doesn't get loaded
> automatically in the first place any longer.
> 
> Is this something intentional or some sort of bug/regression? Maybe it
> has something to do with the switch to kmod a few weeks ago?
> 
> Anyone else experienced this?
> 
> Best regards,
> Karol Babioch
> 

As far as I can tell, kmod is supposed to be a drop-in replacement for
the deprecated tools of module-init-tools. Nonetheless bugs may be there ;)

Can you still load aesni_intel by hand? Are you sure the module has not
been renamed to something else? Intel renamed iwlagn to iwlwifi some
time ago, didn't notice that at first.

Greetings,
Christoph
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