From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com (Boris Brezillon) Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 09:24:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH v9 4/4] crypto: Add Allwinner Security System crypto accelerator In-Reply-To: <20150518004121.GA11910@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <1431608341-10936-1-git-send-email-clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com> <1431608341-10936-5-git-send-email-clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com> <20150517104508.468b032f@bbrezillon> <20150517103440.GA7800@gondor.apana.org.au> <20150517124811.797fab32@bbrezillon> <20150518004121.GA11910@gondor.apana.org.au> Message-ID: <20150518092449.2364d21e@bbrezillon> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Hi Herbert, On Mon, 18 May 2015 08:41:21 +0800 Herbert Xu wrote: > On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 12:48:11PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote: > > > > Yep, but then they shouldn't be declared with CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC and as an not ^ > > ablkcipher algorithm (*Asynchronous* Block Cipher), right ? > > Right. They can still use ablkcipher but should clear the ASYNC > bit. Okay, just to be sure, what does "Asynchronous" mean in ablkcipher or ahash ? Is it related to the fact that crypto operations can be done in multiple steps (e.g.: one set_key + several encrypt chunk operations), or is this something else ? Best Regards, Boris -- Boris Brezillon, Free Electrons Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://free-electrons.com