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In message <6b8e8f4f050326004363eeafe@mail.gmail.com>, spoggle writes:

>I've probably missed something, but is there a way to get the kernel
>crypto code to use a hardware accelerator?  (Soekris 1401 to be
>specific)

Yes, it's called "opencrypto"

"man 4 hifn" is a good place to start.

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