From: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] crypto: api.c: doc on crypto_alg_lookup, crypto_larval_lookup, and crypto_alg_mod_lookup Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 09:10:16 +0800 Message-ID: <20101107011016.GA20564@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <8A0E4C92AE2D6D40AF99653191DA32316141414460@rrsmsx501.amr.corp.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: lee.nipper@gmail.com, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org To: "Allyn, Mark A" Return-path: Received: from helcar.apana.org.au ([209.40.204.226]:46436 "EHLO fornost.hengli.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753917Ab0KGBKW (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Nov 2010 21:10:22 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8A0E4C92AE2D6D40AF99653191DA32316141414460@rrsmsx501.amr.corp.intel.com> Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Allyn, Mark A wrote: > > I was making an assumption that larval is shorthand for large value as there is nothing meaningful in google except for a type of wormlike form. Larval means not fully grown in this context, i.e., the algorithm that we've constructed will be filled in later to become a real algorithm object. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt