Re: [PATCH v6 02/13] crypto: ecdsa - Convert byte arrays with key coordinates to digits

Jarkko Sakkinen
2024-03-18T22:20:08Z

On Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 10:35 PM EET, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 10:21:20PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Tue Mar 12, 2024 at 8:36 PM EET, Stefan Berger wrote:
> > > From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
> > >
> > > For NIST P192/256/384 the public key's x and y parameters could be copied
> > > directly from a given array since both parameters filled 'ndigits' of
> >
> > We "could" do various things but a commit message should describe the
> > gain or motivation of doing something, even if you think it should be
> > obvious.
>
> "could" is past participle of the verb "can". We were able to copy
> directly but no longer can due to the odd key size of P521.

OK this clarifies, thanks.

BR, Jarkko