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DateWed, 14 Jan 2009 17:53:59 +1100
FromHerbert Xu <>
SubjectRe: Use cryptd(%s) as cryptd-ed algorithm name instead of %s
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 02:44:08PM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> Because:> > 1. if use %s, you can only request cryptd(<driver name>), not
>    cryptd(<alg name>), because generated new algorithm instance has
>    algorithm name: <alg name> and driver name cryptd(<driver name>).

This is intentional.  For the purposes we talked about we should
be requesting cryptd(<driver name>), as otherwise you may end up
with someone else's AES algorithm as the base.

> 2. Generated cryptd-ed algorithm will have the same algorithm name and
>    higher priority, but some user may not want to use cryptd-ed
>    version.

The priority shouldn't be an issue in our case since the AES-NI
algorithm should register itself as an ablkcipher with an even
higher priority.

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