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Date:      Sun, 7 Aug 2005 08:52:23 +0200
From:      Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GELI - disk encryption GEOM class committed.
Message-ID:  <20050807065223.GB1002@garage.freebsd.pl>
In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.0.20050806205925.0522cad0@64.7.153.2>
References:  <20050728205413.GB762@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <6.2.1.2.0.20050806205925.0522cad0@64.7.153.2>

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On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 09:44:24PM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:
+> At 04:54 PM 28/07/2005, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
+>=20
+> >- 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.
+>=20
+> Hi,
+>          I was trying this out on RELENG_6 and it seems to lock up the m=
achine 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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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheel.pl
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