Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:37:10 -0500 From: Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@technokratis.com> To: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> Cc: Eric Masson <e-masson@kisoft-services.com>, Mailing List FreeBSD Arch <freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Cryptographic hardware support Message-ID: <20020114173710.A26934@technokratis.com> In-Reply-To: <20020114135843.J59128@prism.flugsvamp.com>; from jlemon@flugsvamp.com on Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 01:58:43PM -0600 References: <867kqm1rb4.fsf@notbsdems.nantes.kisoft-services.com> <20020114135843.J59128@prism.flugsvamp.com>
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On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 01:58:43PM -0600, Jonathan Lemon wrote: > On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 11:25:03AM +0100, Eric Masson wrote: > > > > Wouldn't it be interesting to share this type of support across the > > bsd's (no duplicate of work for hardware support for example) ? > > This would be a worthy goal, but has some practical obstacles. The > OpenBSD driver doesn't fit completely into the FreeBSD framework, and > the existing driver needs substantial cleanup as well. The OpenBSD > guys are currently revamping their framework, so the target is in a > state of flux. > > > > Is there any roadmap for inclusion in the tree ? > > Yes, I have funding to do crytographic hardware offloading. I have > some sample boards from PowerCrypt and Soekris, and hope to have the > code ready for distribution by the end of the month. > > This would include the drivers for the board, as well as the network > changes to support offloading. This is really cool. One question: Isn't Mark Murray also doing something along these lines? > -- > Jonathan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message > -- Bosko Milekic bmilekic@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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