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authormr <mr@FreeBSD.org>2006-07-19 16:31:09 +0000
committermr <mr@FreeBSD.org>2006-07-19 16:31:09 +0000
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Reflect the additional support of C7 CPU's in padlock(4).
Submitted by: brueffer MFC after: 1 day
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/padlock.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/padlock.4
index 4ed45e1..0dccd49 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/padlock.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/padlock.4
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 5, 2006
+.Dd July 19, 2006
.Dt PADLOCK 4 i386
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm padlock
-.Nd "driver for the cryptographic functions and RNG in VIA C3 and Eden processors"
+.Nd "driver for the cryptographic functions and RNG in VIA C3, C7 and Eden processors"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following lines in your
@@ -47,14 +47,18 @@ padlock_load="YES"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The C3 and Eden processor series from VIA include hardware acceleration for
-AES, as well as a hardware random number generator.
+AES.
+The C7 series includes hardware acceleration for AES, SHA and RSA.
+All of the above processor series include a hardware random number generator.
.Pp
The
.Nm
driver registers itself to accelerate AES operations for
.Xr crypto 4 .
-It also registers itself to accelerate various HMAC algorithms, but there is no
-hardware acceleration for those algorithms, this is only needed, so
+It also registers itself to accelerate various HMAC algorithms, although
+there is no
+hardware acceleration for those algorithms.
+This is only needed, so
.Nm
can work with
.Xr fast_ipsec 4 .
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ release to include it was
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr crypt 3 ,
.Xr crypto 4 ,
+.Xr fast_ipsec 4 ,
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr random 4 ,
.Xr crypto 9
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