netdev - [ANN] Acrypto asynchronous crypto layer 2.6.19 release.

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Message-ID: <20061216191521.GA26549@2ka.mipt.ru>
Date:	Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:15:22 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [ANN] Acrypto asynchronous crypto layer 2.6.19 release.

Hello.

I am pleased to announce new release of the acrypto for 2.6.19 kernel -
first asynchronous crypto layer for Linux kernel 2.6.

Acrypto allows to handle crypto requests asynchronously in hardware.

Acrypto supports following features:
 * multiple asynchronous crypto device queues
 * crypto session routing (allows to complete single crypto session when
   several operations (crypto, hmac, anything) are completed)
 * crypto session binding (bind crypto processing to specified device)
 * modular load balancing (one can created load balancer which will get
   into account for example pid of the calling process)
 * crypto session batching genetically implemented by design (acrypto
   provides the whole data structure to crypto device, i.e. it is
   possible to use acrypto as a bridge which routes requests between
   completely different devices, since it does not differentiate between
   users, just handles requests)
 * crypto session priority
 * different kinds of crypto operation(RNG, asymmetrical crypto, HMAC and
   any other)

Combined patchset includes:
 * acrypto core
 * IPsec ESP4 port to acrypto
 * dm-crypt port to acrypto
 * OCF to acrypto bridge, which allows to run OCF device
   drivers with acrypto (for example ixp4xx), requires OCF installed.

Ported crypto drivers and benchmarks can be found on acrypto homepage:
http://tservice.net.ru/~s0mbre/old/?section=projects&item=acrypto

Changes from previous release:
 * moved to 2.6.19 crypto API where it is used
 * updated XFRM engine
 * bugfixes

2.6.16 - 2.6.18 releases moved to maintenance mode.

Patchset is not attached due to its size (192kb).

Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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