Re: Crypto Update for 2.6.38

From: Pavel Roskin
Date: Thu Jan 06 2011 - 16:56:16 EST


On 01/06/2011 04:16 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:

This is also why only hash and skcipher are supported as they
are the main algorithm types supported by teh current async
drivers in the kernel.

Are there any chances AEAD will be supported? Is the API extendable to allow that?

If I remember correctly, the original patch was simply a port of FreeBSD /dev/crypto, which doesn't support AEAD.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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