Hi: This series of patches adds the backend support for asynchronous blkcipher implementations. This includes the ablkcipher crypto type, generic crypto request queueing, as well as a sample cryptd implementation that turns any sync blkcipher algorithm into an async one by processing requests in a dedicated kernel thread.
This allows drivers for hardware blkcipher devices to be written. Here is a list of steps from this point onwards: * Establish async users where appropriate (dm-crypt is done). * Create async interface for hash/compress. * Port existing crypto drivers across. Any help is welcome, especially with respect to the last item since I don't have any crypto devices here. Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
