* Geert Uytterhoeven | 2008-06-26 09:14:51 [+0200]: >On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Sebastian Siewior wrote: >> see. Other zlib users like ppp or jffs2 user zlib directly. However, the >> crypto API is the only place in kernel which provides you a generic >> interface for compression. > >Indeed. So if a hardware-assisted deflate would be available as a crypto >module, "deflate" crypto module users would benefit from it automatically, >right? While direct zlib users are out of luck. Haven't look at this from that perspective but yes. This is allready the case for crypto HW. >With kind regards, > >Geert Uytterhoeven >Software Architect Sebastian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
