linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] crypto: add eddsa support for x509

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Date:   Wed, 12 May 2021 12:11:50 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Hongbo Li <herbert.tencent@...il.com>
Cc:     keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, dhowells@...hat.com,
        jarkko@...nel.org, tianjia.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com,
        herberthbli@...cent.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] crypto: add eddsa support for x509

On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 10:04:07PM +0800, Hongbo Li wrote:
> From: Hongbo Li <herberthbli@...cent.com>
> 
> This series of patches add support for x509 cert signed by eddsa,
> which is described in RFC8032 [1], currently ed25519 only.

It would be helpful to explain how this is related to the kernel's existing
Curve25519 support.

- Eric