linux-kernel - Re: [ACRYPTO] New asynchronous crypto layer (acrypto) release.

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Date:	Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:51:20 +0400
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
To:	Samuel Tardieu <sam@...1149.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ACRYPTO] New asynchronous crypto layer (acrypto) release.

On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 12:17:58PM +0200, Samuel Tardieu (sam@...1149.net) wrote:
> >>>>> "Evgeniy" == Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru> writes:
> 
> Evgeniy> Hello.  I'm pleased to announce asynchronous crypto layer
> Evgeniy> (acrypto) [1] release for 2.6.18 kernel tree. Acrypto allows
> Evgeniy> to handle crypto requests asynchronously in hardware.
> 
> Would userspace programs benefit from this patch? In particular, would
> OpenSSL get better performances on Via nehemiah CPUs or does it need
> to be patched?

Userspace supports Via Nehemiah CPUs crypto engine quite for a long time
without any external patching.

>   Sam
> -- 
> Samuel Tardieu -- sam@...1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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