>-----Original Message----- >From: Darryl Miles [mailto:darryl-mailingli...@netbauds.net] >Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 3:52 AM >To: openssl-dev@openssl.org >Cc: Johnson, Donald K >Subject: Re: [openssl-dev] Engine support for enabling Intel >Atom Security (SEP) processor > >Johnson, Donald K wrote: >> Is this the right forum for asking design questions, and >> submitting patches? > >Sure. > >Patches are prefered to be submitted with ticket at RT >http://www.openssl.org/support/rt.html (even if >documentation still >says to use the mailing-list). > > >Can you cite any online references for the "SEP" and the >scope of things >you are looking into ? (I have an interest in the MeeGo >project myself) > > >Which things describe what "SEP" is ? > > * SIMD optimizations (AES instructions, OpenSSL asm >optimizations) > * Trusted Execution Technology (TPM/TXT) > * Hardware asynchronous crypto offloading/coprocessor >(OpenSSL Engine) > * Something else > There isn't a lot of online information at this time. The product name is: Intel Smart & Secure Technology (Intel S&ST). A very brief high level description is in this Intel Atom Processor fact sheet:
http://download.intel.com/pressroom/kits/atom/z6xx/pdf/Fact_Sheet_Intel_Atom_Processor_Platform.pdf The S&ST component is part of the Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH) MP20. Don J. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List openssl-dev@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
