Hi, On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 06:56:14PM +0200, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos wrote: > On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:42:05 +0000 > Stoica Cristian-B18196 <b18...@freescale.com> wrote: > > > Hi Nikos, > > > > I'm looking at a possibility to add support for composite algorithms > > in cryptodev. Basically this means support for algorithms that do for > > example AES-CBC and HMAC(SHA1) in one call on platforms that support > > it. > > Hello Cristian, > Currently we have something similar with the AUTHCRYPT ioctl that > does authenticated encryption in a single kernel call. However, I > believe that you mean something like AUTHCRYPT that is done not only > in a single kernel call, but also in a hardware call as well?
AFAIK, AEAD is supported by a few crypto engines and their drivers. So simply using the AEAD interface of cryptodev-linux should suffice if appropriate hardware is present. Best wishes, Phil _______________________________________________ Cryptodev-linux-devel mailing list Cryptodev-linux-devel@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/cryptodev-linux-devel
