Re: [Ocf-linux-users] talistos for SEC Engine 3.3

[Kim P. <kim...@fr...>]

On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 11:55:29 +0200
nikos karag <kar...@wi...> wrote:

> 
> Hello!
> I'm currently deploy the OCF with talitos drives for Freescale SEC Engine utilization.
> I made some openssl speed tests concerning sha2 algorithms and it seems that there is no gain from SEC engine.
> Looking at the sources of OCF it seems that the used talitos version is old (2006 for SEC 2.1) and doesn't support sha2 algorithms.
> Searching at web we can find new version of talitos e.g.
> http://svn.dd-wrt.com:8000/browser/src/linux/universal/linux-3.3/drivers/crypto/talitos.c?rev=19208
> My question is when the OCF will ιnvolve a new talitos version and also
> how i can do that by my own?
> Thanks in advance!

IIRC, you should be able to use OCF's cryptosoft module to redirect
crypto requests to the mainline linux kernel driver.  Don't forget
to disable CONFIG_OCF_TALITOS.

Kim