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Date:      Thu, 20 Apr 2000 16:42:14 -0400 (EDT)
From:      David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>
To:        Mike Bristow <mike@urgle.com>
Cc:        David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org, Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
Subject:   Re: MD5 usage in the kernel.
Message-ID:  <14591.27558.729855.961543@trooper.velocet.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000420211317.A10157@lindt.urgle.com>
References:  <14591.25172.361989.676550@trooper.velocet.net> <20000420211317.A10157@lindt.urgle.com>

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>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Bristow <mike@urgle.com> writes:

Mike> <guess> hands all the LCP of to userland </guess>

Mike> Is a similar approach approprate here?  Is the MD5ing time
Mike> critical, or does it only appear in the moral equivilent of LCP?

Could be done, I suppose.  It is the "moral" equivalent to LCP.  It
just seems to be such a simple function that md5 in the kernel is
perfect for it.

Dave.

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