linux-kernel - Re: On Nitrokey Pro's ECC support

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jun 2019 11:21:38 -0400
From:   Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@....fi>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: On Nitrokey Pro's ECC support

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 08:25:41AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:11:46 +0300
>Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@....fi> wrote:
>
>> I was getting myself a smartcard stick and looked for options from [1].
>> The documentation says that Nitrokey Pro does not support ECC while it
>> actually does [2]. I was already canceling my order when Jan Suhr, the
>> CEO of that company, kindly pointed out to me this.
>>
>> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.html
>> [2] https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop/product/nitrokey-pro-2-3
>
>Maybe Konstantin (copied) might be willing to supply an update to the
>document to reflect this?

Hello:

I just sent a patch with updates that reflect ECC capabilities in newer 
devices.

Best,
-K