Re: Crypto Update for 2.6.38

[Pavel Roskin]

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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