Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 May 2015 09:24:49 +0200 | From | Boris Brezillon <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v9 4/4] crypto: Add Allwinner Security System crypto accelerator |
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Hi Herbert,
On Mon, 18 May 2015 08:41:21 +0800 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> wrote:
> On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 12:48:11PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote: > > > > Yep, but then they shouldn't be declared with CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC and as an
not ^
> > ablkcipher algorithm (*Asynchronous* Block Cipher), right ? > > Right. They can still use ablkcipher but should clear the ASYNC > bit.
Okay, just to be sure, what does "Asynchronous" mean in ablkcipher or ahash ? Is it related to the fact that crypto operations can be done in multiple steps (e.g.: one set_key + several encrypt chunk operations), or is this something else ?
Best Regards,
Boris
-- Boris Brezillon, Free Electrons Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://free-electrons.com
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