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| author | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-01-16 17:21:02 +0000 |
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| committer | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-01-16 17:21:02 +0000 |
| commit | 65c211019335eb046b175d03d7feb8cad39c716b (patch) | |
| tree | 771837e276534e593aee3aa94818d5d7a1e09164 /share/man/man4/crypto.4 | |
| parent | b67f04e53c2968bad8783b4321a7ec2e1f325d86 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-65c211019335eb046b175d03d7feb8cad39c716b.zip FreeBSD-src-65c211019335eb046b175d03d7feb8cad39c716b.tar.gz | |
Splice in cryptodev (this man page originated on openbsd where there is
no cryptodev module.) Should probably create a separate cryptodev man
page (or a link to this one) but for now add enough so folks understand
the relationship between the two.
Prodded by: phk
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/crypto.4')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/crypto.4 | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/crypto.4 b/share/man/man4/crypto.4 index 0617c52..3cf8a50 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/crypto.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/crypto.4 @@ -28,22 +28,28 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd October 3, 2002 +.Dd January 16, 2004 .Dt CRYPTO 4 .Os .Sh NAME -.Nm crypto +.Nm crypto , +.Nm cryptodev .Nd hardware crypto access driver .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd device crypto +.Cd device cryptodev .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -driver provides userland applications access to hardware crypto support -via the kernel. +driver provides a device-independent framework to support +cryptographic operations in the kernel. The +.Nm cryptodev +driver provides userland applications access to this support +through the .Pa /dev/crypto -device node primarily operates in an +device. +This node primarily operates in an .Xr ioctl 2 based model, permitting a variety of applications to query device capabilities, submit transactions, and get results. |
