Getting linux-OCF permanently into the tree

[Philip A. Prindeville]

I had heard that the attempt to get linux-ocf (Open Cryptographic
Framework, originally on FreeBSD but then ported to Linux) had been
rejected.

For a lot of projects in the embedded space with low-power, low
clockrate devices software encryption isn't fast enough for wirespeed,
so using ASICs or specialized on-chip engines (in SoC architectures) is
the way to go...  And OCF provides the easiest way to use this.  We use
AMD/NS Geode and Via C7 processors with AES accelerators with great
success, but waiting until the OCF code gets bumped holds us back from
running the latest kernels...

Is this a Copyright vs. Copyleft (GPL) issue, or is there more to it
than that?  Anyone know the backstory?

Thanks,

-Philip


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