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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/crypto')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/crypto/Kconfig | 22 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/Kconfig b/drivers/crypto/Kconfig index 7957acbf76a2..78df36adbe6c 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/crypto/Kconfig | |||
@@ -131,20 +131,14 @@ config CRYPTO_AES_S390 | |||
131 | select CRYPTO_BLKCIPHER | 131 | select CRYPTO_BLKCIPHER |
132 | help | 132 | help |
133 | This is the s390 hardware accelerated implementation of the | 133 | This is the s390 hardware accelerated implementation of the |
134 | AES cipher algorithms (FIPS-197). AES uses the Rijndael | 134 | AES cipher algorithms (FIPS-197). |
135 | algorithm. | 135 | |
136 | 136 | As of z9 the ECB and CBC modes are hardware accelerated | |
137 | Rijndael appears to be consistently a very good performer in | 137 | for 128 bit keys. |
138 | both hardware and software across a wide range of computing | 138 | As of z10 the ECB and CBC modes are hardware accelerated |
139 | environments regardless of its use in feedback or non-feedback | 139 | for all AES key sizes. |
140 | modes. Its key setup time is excellent, and its key agility is | 140 | As of z196 the XTS mode is hardware accelerated for 256 and |
141 | good. Rijndael's very low memory requirements make it very well | 141 | 512 bit keys. |
142 | suited for restricted-space environments, in which it also | ||
143 | demonstrates excellent performance. Rijndael's operations are | ||
144 | among the easiest to defend against power and timing attacks. | ||
145 | |||
146 | On s390 the System z9-109 currently only supports the key size | ||
147 | of 128 bit. | ||
148 | 142 | ||
149 | config S390_PRNG | 143 | config S390_PRNG |
150 | tristate "Pseudo random number generator device driver" | 144 | tristate "Pseudo random number generator device driver" |