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On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 11:51:43PM +0200, Harry Matthiesen Jensen wrote:
> Hi list,
>=20
> After I loaded a driver (ubsec), I saw this line in the log:
>=20
> cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
>=20
> Is it something I can take advantage of?
=20
This is the crypto(4) driver. It provides a device-independent framework
to support cryptographic operations in the kernel. I.e. is uses hardware
if available. If not it uses software, like in this case.

One use of it is encrypting disk partitions with geli(8).

Roland
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