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    SubjectRe: 2.6.0-test2+Util-linux/cryptoapi
    On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Frank v Waveren wrote:

    > Owch. But I assume this didn't sneak in since the testing cryptoAPI
    > patches? Or have the algorithms been redone?

    I'm not sure what you mean.

    >
    > > > Lastly: Why the move from a /proc/crypto directory containing files
    > > > for all the algorithms to one monolithic /proc/crypto file? Isn't the
    > > > former a lot nicer from the userspace programmer's point of view?
    > > Possibly, although it's probably too late to change now for 2.6.
    > But why was it ever changed to on big file in the first place?
    >

    This is a new API, so it wasn't really changed. The single file is
    simpler and less bloated from the kernel point of view. This may change
    down the track with hardware support.



    - James
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    James Morris
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