Re: Crypto Update for 2.6.38

Herbert Xu
2011-01-06T21:50:05Z

On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 04:46:02PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
>
> Are there any chances AEAD will be supported? Is the API extendable to
> allow that?

Yes we can support AEAD. However, as there weren't any existing
user-space users that could benefit immediately, I have not added
it at this point in time.

When combined-mode support in async hardware becomes more common
this could change of course.

Cheers,