Re: Consequences of "hwcrypto=0" ?

Experience-wise, I haven't noticed a difference. That said, no, I've
not done any benchmarks.

On 12/4/06, Kenneth Crudup <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> After waiting patiently for an ipw2200 version (now up to 1.2.0) that
> doesn't suffer from the (dreaded, and thruput-killing when it happens)
> firmware error restarts, I just gave up and did "hwcrypto=0".
>
> I've got a fairly fast laptop (2.0GHz P4-M), and my connection has been
> able to handle my 12MBit/sec's cablemodem speed at full thruput, so am
> I really slowing my system down by having the CPU do the decryption?
>
> Has anyone tried to seriously document the usage difference?
>
>         -Kenny
>
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