From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 21:39:08 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Added reference to platform specific cryptographic acceleration such as AES-NI
X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_1_0_2-beta2~46
X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=648a9f7c2fce2960723cd330fd9565a59ff3927b

Added reference to platform specific cryptographic acceleration such as AES-NI
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diff --git a/doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod b/doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
index f6e4396ade..8d7636c788 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
@@ -433,7 +433,10 @@ for AES.
 
 Where possible the B<EVP> interface to symmetric ciphers should be used in
 preference to the low level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes
-transparent to the cipher used and much more flexible.
+transparent to the cipher used and much more flexible. Additionally, the
+B<EVP> interface will ensure the use of platform specific cryptographic
+acceleration such as AES-NI (the low level interfaces do not provide the
+guarantee).
 
 PKCS padding works by adding B<n> padding bytes of value B<n> to make the total 
 length of the encrypted data a multiple of the block size. Padding is always