Re: [PATCH BlueZ] mesh: test AEAD at startup to check kernel support

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Hi Michal,

>> One time test at startup to ensure either kernel version v4.9 or later,
>> *or* that required AES-CCM support has been back-ported. If support not
>> there, daemon will run without providing D-Bus service or attaching to
>> controllers (prevents systemd thrashing).
> 
> By the way - I have a patch that implements all required cryptographic
> operations using libcrypto, enabled by ./configure --with-openssl
> (disabled by default).
> 
> I know that last time we've talked about this, the consensus was that the
> vendor should patch meshd to work on older kernels, so we did exactly
> that - but maybe having this available in the mainline would be
> interesting?

we are not using anything from OpenSSL. That is a rabbit hole you are not getting back out of.

Regards

Marcel




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