Solved CPU with AESNI feature - Build custom kernel with it?

[getopt]

With this CPU:

# dmesg | grep -B3 AESNI
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz (3392.37-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x206a7  Family = 0x6  Model = 0x2a  Stepping = 7
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0x1f9ae3bf<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT,TSCDLT,[b]AESNI[/b],XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX>

Does that mean a custom kernel could be built with this line

# grep -i AESNI /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/NOTES 
device		aesni		# AES-NI OpenCrypto module

in the custom kernel configuration file?

 

[tobik@]

Sure, but why not just load aesni(4)

 

[wblock@]

Yes, or the module can be loaded in /boot/loader.conf:

aesni_load="YES"