From: Dean Jenkins <djenkins@mvista.com>
Subject: Re: IPsec books and how to add async hardware encryption ?
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 10:50:59 +0000
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Hi Evgeniy,

> > Also, how do I find info on the cypto APIs eg. how to use cryptd (2.6.24
> > kernel) ?
> >
> > I'm working on a project that uses an embedded hardware encryption engine
> > that needs to use async off-load. Is cryptd the entity for async hardware
> > crypto off-loading ?
>
> cryptd is an software engine example of how hardware driver could be
> implemented.

Are you saying that to implement an async hardware driver I could use the APIs 
used by cryptd and create my own hwcryptd ?

If yes, is there any documentation for the APIs used by cryptd ?

Thanks,

Regards,
Dean Jenkins
MontaVista Software