From: "Loc Ho" Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] RFC: Add CryptoAPI User Space Interface Support Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 08:04:22 -0700 Message-ID: <0CA0A16855646F4FA96D25A158E299D604720952@SDCEXCHANGE01.ad.amcc.com> References: <0CA0A16855646F4FA96D25A158E299D60301C29D@SDCEXCHANGE01.ad.amcc.com> <0CA0A16855646F4FA96D25A158E299D60472088A@SDCEXCHANGE01.ad.amcc.com> <20080514103224.GA10416@Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc> <20080514110311.GA22116@gondor.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Cc: "Shasi Pulijala" , To: "Herbert Xu" , "Sebastian Siewior" Return-path: Received: from sdcmail02-ext1.amcc.com ([198.137.200.73]:31173 "EHLO sdcmail02.amcc.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757433AbYENPEt convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2008 11:04:49 -0400 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message In-Reply-To: <20080514110311.GA22116@gondor.apana.org.au> Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, Yes... It is intended not to patch OpenSSL twice. Besides the interface API, the internal does NOT resemble OCF in anyway. -Loc -----Original Message----- From: Herbert Xu [mailto:herbert@gondor.apana.org.au] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 4:03 AM To: Sebastian Siewior Cc: Loc Ho; Shasi Pulijala; linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] RFC: Add CryptoAPI User Space Interface Support On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:32:24PM +0200, Sebastian Siewior wrote: > > >This should add support for OpenSSL. Please note that user of this > >patch musts patch OpenSSL. The OpenSSL patch can be found in > >OCF-Linux as this interface uses the same I/O control interface. > So this interface must stay as it in order not to patch openssl twice? I don't think compatibility with OCF is necessary at all. We should create an interface that is suitable for Linux first of all rather than concentrating on OCF. Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt