[Debian] new kernel package

Stefan Monnier monnier at iro.umontreal.ca
Wed Mar 3 18:12:51 CET 2010


>> > well, but that's a specific scenario for a rather limited audience, isn't
>> > it?
>> Sure nowadays but if a user could easily choose encryption they might
>> just use it.
> I suspect that without a hardware encryption engine the performance and 
> battery life hit will be too much for most people.

I doubt it: there are very significant performance differences between
jffs2-on-NAND and ext3-on-uSD, but people hardly ever bother to
mention it.  The impact of encryption would probably be fairly low
as well.


        Stefan




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