Maamoun TK <[email protected]> writes:

> Yes, both are part of the same extension. I considered calling the
> directory "P8" for three reasons:
> - POWER8 is the minimal processor that support the crypto extensions
> - I measured the throughput and latency of the instructions on POWER8
> - The current implementations can be enhanced further for POWER9 and newer
> by using arch 3.00 specific instructions which was introduced in POWER9 so
> we can call the directory of new implementations "P9"

Ok, let's stay with that naming (but I'll consider changing to lowercase
"p8", to match other directory names). If it turns out something more
fine grained is needed later, files can be mover around then.

Regards,
/Niels

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