From: Hamid Nassiby Subject: Re: IV generation in geode-aes Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:12:46 +0330 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org To: Sohail Return-path: Received: from mail-wg0-f46.google.com ([74.125.82.46]:61957 "EHLO mail-wg0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753404Ab3IZQnS (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:43:18 -0400 Received: by mail-wg0-f46.google.com with SMTP id k14so1436520wgh.1 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2013 09:43:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, In geode-aes, there is not any IV generation mechanism. In fact IV is delivered to geode-aes's registered algorithms, from upper layers.For example in case of "cbc-aes-geode" algorithm, from cbc wrapper ("cbc.c") via walk->iv: blkcipher_walk_init(&walk, dst, src, nbytes); err = blkcipher_walk_virt(desc, &walk); op->iv = walk.iv; ... Regards. On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Sohail wrote: > Hi all, > I could'nt understand the mechanism of IV generation in geode-aes. Can > someone explain it in easy to understand manner? > > Thanks a lot. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html