Relnotes/13.0: changed AES-NI identification by geli

[freebsd_michael-bueker.de]

Summary

A user on IRC wondered why his AES-NI-enabled CPU was identified by geli as "Crypto: accelerated software" on a 13.0-RC, when 12.2 identified it as "Crypto: hardware". From the ensuing discussion, I learned that this is a trivial identification change, and doesn't mean reduced encryption acceleration support. As I would have run into the same confusion, I think it's worth including in the Release Notes.

[debdrup]

Can you find a commit hash for this changed behaviour?

It would be ideal to attach it at the end.

[freebsd_michael-bueker.de]

more context, added info to corresponding paragraph

[freebsd_michael-bueker.de]

It seems to me that geli(4) doesn't exist, whereas geli(8) does, so this is changed throughout the Release Notes.

[debdrup]

Looks good to me.

I think @jhb should weigh in too, just in case.

Once accepted, I'll commit it.

[jhb]

I would do the geli(4) -> geli(8) as a separate commit FWIW.

website/content/en/releases/13.0R/relnotes.adoc

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The new comment is related to this commit, not with adding aesni(4) to GENERIC. However, I would probably instead add an entirely new entry referencing commit a3d565a1188f, something like:

man:geli[8] now reports the use of accelerated software cryptography
(such as AES-NI on x86 CPUs) as "accelerated software" rather than "hardware".
gitref:a3d565a1188f[repository=src] {{< sponsored "Chelsio Communications" >}}

[freebsd_michael-bueker.de]

I agree, with just one further suggestion. Feel free to commit, and thanks for your time!

website/content/en/releases/13.0R/relnotes.adoc

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I'd suggest explicitly mentioning that this doesn't imply reduced support. Both on the Forums and on IRC, users have asked whether cryptography will be slower for them with the new identification. I understand it's implied in this minimal phrasing that it won't be, but a little more verbosity couldn't hurt to avoid further questions.

[jhb]

website/content/en/releases/13.0R/relnotes.adoc

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Agreed, bringing in your last sentence from below would suit that.