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| SAFEXCEL(4) | FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual | SAFEXCEL(4) |
NAME
safexcel —
Inside Secure SafeXcel-IP-97 security packet engine
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:device crypto
device cryptodev
device safexcelAlternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
safexcel_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
Thesafexcel driver implements
crypto(4)
support for the cryptographic acceleration functions of the EIP-97 device
found on some Marvell systems-on-chip. The driver can accelerate the following
AES modes:
- AES-CBC
- AES-CTR
- AES-XTS
- AES-GCM
- AES-CCM
safexcel also implements SHA1 and SHA2
transforms, and can combine AES-CBC and AES-CTR with SHA1-HMAC and SHA2-HMAC
for encrypt-then-authenticate operations.
SEE ALSO
crypto(4), ipsec(4), random(4), crypto(7), geli(8), crypto(9)HISTORY
Thesafexcel driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 13.0.
| July 29, 2020 | FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE |
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