Re: IPSec AH hardware offload

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On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 08:36:19AM +0000, Jamie Iles wrote:
>
> Does that include the hash for authentication header in  
> net/ipv[46]/ah[46].c?

Yes.

> The driver implements authenc algorithms, so we'll already get  
> asynchronous operation for ESP, but the crypto_alloc_hash() in ah[46].c  
> explicitly requests a synchronous hash. Is this worth converting to use  
> ahash?

Whether it's worth it depends on how much you're being paid :)
But it certainly wouldn't hurt, provided that someone is willing
to do the work.

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