From: Lee Nipper Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] crypto: api.c: doc on crypto_alg_lookup, crypto_larval_lookup, and crypto_alg_mod_lookup Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 14:57:04 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1288980346-15961-1-git-send-email-mark.a.allyn@intel.com> <8A0E4C92AE2D6D40AF99653191DA32316141414460@rrsmsx501.amr.corp.intel.com> Reply-To: lee.nipper@gmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org" To: "Allyn, Mark A" Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.214.46]:60901 "EHLO mail-bw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752327Ab0KET5F (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Nov 2010 15:57:05 -0400 Received: by bwz11 with SMTP id 11so3014138bwz.19 for ; Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:57:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8A0E4C92AE2D6D40AF99653191DA32316141414460@rrsmsx501.amr.corp.intel.com> Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 13:36, Allyn, Mark A wrote: > Can you please explain what larval means in this context? I tried googling it an could not find anything meaningful. > > What is the difference between crypto_alg_lookup and crypto_larval_lookup? > In the kernel crypto context, I think larval means that the lookup may load a module, if necessary, to provide support for the algorithm. I defer to Herbert Xu for any further explanation.