Encryption acceleration support on P8 CPU

modulename: vmx-crypto.ko

configname: CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_VMX_ENCRYPT

Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Cryptographic API
└─>Hardware crypto devices
└─>Encryption acceleration support on P8 CPU
In linux kernel since version 3.10 (release Date: 2013-06-30)  
Support for VMX cryptographic acceleration instructions on Power8 CPU.
This module supports acceleration for AES and GHASH in hardware. If you
choose 'M' here, this module will be called vmx-crypto.

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