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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC v2 1/2] crypto: add PKE API
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 04:03:55PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
>
> So what if we want to use a key that's stored in a TPM? I presume then we
> can't use the crypto interface, but must rather use the *key* as the primary
> interface somehow.

Then it has nothing to do with what we're trying to do here.

The crypto API is providing a generic algorithmic interface for
operations that can then be accelerated by hardware devices.

So anything that cannot be done purely in software does not fall
under our purview.

Cheers,
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