Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 May 2003 19:53:31 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: airo and firmware upload (was Re: 2.6 must-fix list, v3) |
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Dave Jones wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 04:32:35PM -0700, Jean Tourrilhes wrote: > > > While we are on the subject : a few months ago, Javier added > > support for MIC to the airo driver. It's basically crypto based on > > AES. You refused to include that part in the kernel because crypto was > > not accepted in the kernel. > > Fast forward : today we have crypto in the 2.5.X kernel. Does > > this mean that you would have no objection accepting a patch from > > Javier including the crypto part ? > > Sounds like it would be better to get it using the in-kernel crypto > stuff rather than reimplementing its own routines. Same for the HostAP > driver.
Correct.
_I_ didn't refuse the crypto, Linus did. But that was a positive step, that kicked off inclusion of crypto into the kernel.
airo and HostAP do indeed need to use CryptoAPI not reimplement their own crypto, though...
Jeff
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