Re: Asynchronus crypto API

[Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>]

On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 01:16:02PM +0100, Joerg Roedel (joerg.roedel@amd.com) wrote:
> Hello Evgeniy,
> 
> On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 02:31:11PM +0300, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 12:08:00PM +0100, Joerg Roedel (joerg.roedel@amd.com) wrote:
> > > Background: I recently bought a HIFN crypto card and would like to use
> > > it under Linux without the need to use some external patchsets :)
> > 
> > Not for now - either use acrypto [1] or ocf [2].
> 
> Yes, these two I meant with "external patchsets" :-)
> It would be nice to have an asynchronous API in the mainstream kernel.
> An the documentation says it is under development, therefore I ask :)

It is - Herbert's work on stackable algo registration is a first step,
although when we had async crypto discussion last time (about a year or couple
ago) we was unable to get into consensus - I still think that it is
quite impossible to have good async support with existing
software-oriented cryptoapi, while Herbert have some ideas in mind.

Work is being done, just not too fast.
You can find a brief todo in archive of how Herbert planned to implement
that and, if you like, get into that too - that would be very
appreciated.

> Joerg
> 
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> Joerg Roedel
> Operating System Research Center
> AMD Saxony LLC & Co. KG
> 

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	Evgeniy Polyakov