linux-kernel - Re: Crypto Update for 2.6.38

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Message-ID: <20110106214955.GA26781@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:49:55 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Crypto Update for 2.6.38

On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 04:46:02PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
>
> Are there any chances AEAD will be supported?  Is the API extendable to  
> allow that?

Yes we can support AEAD.  However, as there weren't any existing
user-space users that could benefit immediately, I have not added
it at this point in time.

When combined-mode support in async hardware becomes more common
this could change of course.

Cheers,
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