On Thursday 06 January 2011 23:46:02 Pavel Roskin wrote: > On 01/06/2011 04:16 PM, Herbert Xu wrote: > > This is also why only hash and skcipher are supported as they > > are the main algorithm types supported by teh current async > > drivers in the kernel. > > Are there any chances AEAD will be supported? Is the API extendable to > allow that? > > If I remember correctly, the original patch was simply a port of FreeBSD > /dev/crypto, which doesn't support AEAD. If it's meant to work like the FreeBSD /dev/crypto, then maybe this[1] paper is worth mentionning, which includes some performance numbers. There was a single thing that drew my attention, from "Drawbacks and problems [of userspace crypto]": "Lots of scary code-duplication". [1] http://www.paeps.cx/pubs/crypto_acceleration/slides.pdf -- Mihai DonÈu -- 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
