On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 13:36, Allyn, Mark A <mark.a.allyn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Can you please explain what larval means in this context? I tried googling it an could not find anything meaningful. > > What is the difference between crypto_alg_lookup and crypto_larval_lookup? > In the kernel crypto context, I think larval means that the lookup may load a module, if necessary, to provide support for the algorithm. I defer to Herbert Xu for any further explanation. -- 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
