Leo Yan <leoy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So question is: Does Linux CryptoAPI will be a general crypto engine accelerator framework for Linux platform, or just only dedicated for Linux Kernel? > Like the thread has discussed, http://osdir.com/ml/linux.kernel.cryptoapi/2007/msg00307.html, > Some guys think that nobody wants to use RSA in the kernel, but if Linux CryptoAPI wants support user space (As Herbert has mentioned it in the September's conference), then the scenario is changing. > For example, if the browsers use the OpenSSL, and OpenSSL can call the Linux CryptoAPI to get the HW acceleration, and eventually optimize its performance. I have nothing against having asymmetric crypto per se. However, until the user-space API exists there is no point in adding any asymmetric infrastructure in the kernel as we have no in-kernel users for them. So please help in creating the user-space API first. Thanks, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt -- 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
