On 2021/10/21 16:30, Alexander Bluhm wrote: > Hi, > > Goal is to retire the async crypto API. It is slow and adds > complexity which hinders MP progress in IPsec. It is used by the > old PCI devices hifn(4), safe(4), and ubsec(4). > > These devices are not common anymore. Using the CPU for crypto is > faster than offloading via the PCI bus. By having special requirements > for the crypto API, those devices slow down modern machines. They > only support crypto algorithms that are insecure nowadays. > > ok to remove hifn(4) safe(4) ubsec(4) ?
OK. The main useful feature as far as I'm concerned is the rng but I don't think it's useful/common enough to be worth doing anything other than just deleting the drivers.
