On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Frank v Waveren wrote: > Owch. But I assume this didn't sneak in since the testing cryptoAPI > patches? Or have the algorithms been redone? I'm not sure what you mean. > > > > Lastly: Why the move from a /proc/crypto directory containing files > > > for all the algorithms to one monolithic /proc/crypto file? Isn't the > > > former a lot nicer from the userspace programmer's point of view? > > Possibly, although it's probably too late to change now for 2.6. > But why was it ever changed to on big file in the first place? > This is a new API, so it wasn't really changed. The single file is simpler and less bloated from the kernel point of view. This may change down the track with hardware support. - James -- James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
