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authorHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>2007-04-16 20:49:20 +1000
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>2007-05-02 14:38:32 +1000
commit124b53d020622ffa24e27406f2373d5a3debd0d3 (patch)
treee1a89ac6745ce9afea6fd2ea358ebd40e60abb76 /crypto/Kconfig
parenta73e69965fa2647faa36caf40f4132b9c99d61fd (diff)
downloadlinux-124b53d020622ffa24e27406f2373d5a3debd0d3.tar.bz2
[CRYPTO] cryptd: Add software async crypto daemon
This patch adds the cryptd module which is a template that takes a synchronous software crypto algorithm and converts it to an asynchronous one by executing it in a kernel thread. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
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--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -175,6 +175,15 @@ config CRYPTO_LRW
The first 128, 192 or 256 bits in the key are used for AES and the
rest is used to tie each cipher block to its logical position.
+config CRYPTO_CRYPTD
+ tristate "Software async crypto daemon"
+ select CRYPTO_ABLKCIPHER
+ select CRYPTO_MANAGER
+ help
+ This is a generic software asynchronous crypto daemon that
+ converts an arbitrary synchronous software crypto algorithm
+ into an asynchronous algorithm that executes in a kernel thread.
+
config CRYPTO_DES
tristate "DES and Triple DES EDE cipher algorithms"
select CRYPTO_ALGAPI