> So, I'm more or less confused regarding Geode AES HW acceleration > on Linux %-/ > To me it seems weird to patch a whole new crypto framework (OCF) > into the kernel as there's already one (OpenSSL just seems not > to be able to use it out of the box :-/).
Too many ideals and not enough cooperation. The ocf-linux project was borne out of the fact that there wasn't any async bulk crypto support in the mainline kernel, and a lot of chipsets (hifn et. al.) weren't supported. That's changed in recent revisions (2.6.23+), and I'm not sure where David will take that project. Check 'openssl engine', if you have a recent enough copy you probably already have PadLock support built in. The http://www.logix.cz/michal/devel/cryptodev/ link is valid, even if it seems dated, and a large amount of cryptodev work has just been pulled into the 2.6.25 kernel - all the S390 device work, hifn, and so on. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
