Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] VIA C3/C7 PadLock hardware crypto

[Dmitry K. <dm...@dz...>]

On Tuesday 30 October 2007 15:06:52 Heiko Zuerker wrote:
> Hey,
>
> On Tue, October 30, 2007 07:56, Dmitry Komarov wrote:
> > has anyone tried to compile DL with in-kernel VIA C3/C7 hardware crypto
> > engine support (VIA PadLock) and other required C3/C7 patches for VPN/SSL
> > acceleration?
> >
> > Any success stories or suggestions?
>
> Is this standard part of the 2.4 or 2.6 series, or does it require
> additional patches?

VIA C3 support was included starting from 2.6.11 kernels, and VIA C7 
SHA1/SHA256 support was added from 2.6.19. 

But it may require some patches to OpenSSL libs and some other applications 
though. Here is the link to VIA PadLock support for Linux page:

http://www.logix.cz/michal/devel/padlock/


The main idea behind my question is that you can find a lot unexpensive VIA 
Mini-ITX based boards and systems which are just a perfect platform for Devil 
Linux distro, especially if it would have built-in support for their harware 
crypto engines.

For $300 incl. shipping I have bought on eBay a lot of 5 brand new(!) MaxSpeed 
terminal devices, which all are based on VIA C3 CPU, have 512MB RAM, 512MB 
CompactFlash card with IDE adaptor and a free PCI slot. You can even put a 
hard drive there if you need. The system is fanless, absolutely quiet and has 
very low power consumption.

Just a perfect deal for a DL based hardware-accelerated VPN appliance or 
router for such a low price:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lof-of-5-New-MaxSpeed-8300-XP-512Ram-512-Flash-800Mhz_W0QQitemZ330181384438QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330181384438