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+/**
+ * \file aesni.h
+ *
+ * \brief AES-NI for hardware AES acceleration on some Intel processors
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2013, Brainspark B.V.
+ *
+ *  This file is part of PolarSSL (http://www.polarssl.org)
+ *  Lead Maintainer: Paul Bakker <polarssl_maintainer at polarssl.org>
+ *
+ *  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+#ifndef POLARSSL_AESNI_H
+#define POLARSSL_AESNI_H
+
+#include "aes.h"
+
+#if defined(POLARSSL_HAVE_ASM) && defined(__GNUC__) &&  \
+    ( defined(__amd64__) || defined(__x86_64__) )   &&  \
+    ! defined(POLARSSL_HAVE_X86_64)
+#define POLARSSL_HAVE_X86_64
+#endif
+
+#if defined(POLARSSL_HAVE_X86_64)
+
+/**
+ * \brief          AES_NI detection routine
+ *
+ * \return         1 if CPU supports AES-NI, 0 otherwise
+ */
+int aesni_supported( void );
+
+#endif /* POLARSSL_HAVE_X86_64 */
+
+#endif /* POLARSSL_AESNI_H */