From: Michal Ludvig (michal-bsdlogix.cz)
Date: Tue Aug 03 2004 - 08:36:22 CDT

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Hi all,

could anyone please explain (or give some links) why the "unusual"
semantics of /dev/crypto usage was chosen?

I don't really understand why it is necessary to first open the device and
obtain a file descriptor and then issue an ioctl(CRIOGET) to get another
one for the actual crypto operations. Why is this approach better that
opening the device everytime it is needed?

Thanks!

Michal Ludvig
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