From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Joerg Roedel" Subject: Re: Asynchronus crypto API Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 13:16:02 +0100 Message-ID: <20070209121602.GC25171@amd.com> References: <20070209110800.GB25171@amd.com> <20070209113108.GA11467@2ka.mipt.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Herbert Xu" , "David S. Miller" , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org To: "Evgeniy Polyakov" Return-path: Received: from outbound-dub.frontbridge.com ([213.199.154.16]:58494 "EHLO outbound2-dub-R.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946402AbXBIMQY (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Feb 2007 07:16:24 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20070209113108.GA11467@2ka.mipt.ru> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-crypto.vger.kernel.org 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 :) Joerg -- Joerg Roedel Operating System Research Center AMD Saxony LLC & Co. KG