From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:35:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:35:29 -0500 Received: from mail2.uni-bielefeld.de ([129.70.4.90]:42878 "EHLO mail.uni-bielefeld.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:35:25 -0500 Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 21:34:32 +0000 From: Marc Mutz Subject: Re: Crypto in 2.4 To: Jon Masters Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <3A578F68.C4F4ADC7@Mutz.com> Organization: University of Bielefeld - Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.17 i586) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en In-Reply-To: <3A553A03.DCFBCB9@easypenguin.co.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jon Masters wrote: > > Hello, > > I am aware of work being done to create crypto patches for 2.4 however I > am wondering what kind of time scale is likely to be involved before a > patch for 2.4.0 becomes available and, more importantly, when such a > patch will be suitable for daily use (disclaimers withstanding > obviously). > > Let's just say I'm cautious after a bad experience with one of the > previous dud patch releases :P > A 2.4.0.1 should be on ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/crypto/v2.4/. But it has been heavily re-worked. I haven't got my hands on that one and will keep quiet as to what extend that patch is produiction-ready, but I remember that the loop driver in 2.4.0 still can stall your box. Since the kerneli crypto relies on loop, this would count in favor of "don't do that yet". BTW: You might want to join linux-crypto@nl.linux.org (majordomo) if you are interested in kerneli. Marc -- Marc Mutz http://EncryptionHOWTO.sourceforge.net/ University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics PGP-keyID's: 0xd46ce9ab (RSA), 0x7ae55b9e (DSS/DH) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/