linux-kernel - Re: Crypto Update for 2.6.38

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Message-ID: <4D26381A.8040901@gnu.org>
Date:	Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:46:02 -0500
From:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
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 01/06/2011 04:16 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:

> This is also why only hash and skcipher are supported as they
> are the main algorithm types supported by teh current async
> drivers in the kernel.

Are there any chances AEAD will be supported?  Is the API extendable to 
allow that?

If I remember correctly, the original patch was simply a port of FreeBSD 
/dev/crypto, which doesn't support AEAD.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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