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17.Dd July 29, 2020
18.Dt GLXSB 4 i386
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm glxsb
22.Nd Geode LX Security Block crypto accelerator
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24To compile this driver into the kernel,
25place the following lines in your
26kernel configuration file:
27.Bd -ragged -offset indent
28.Cd "device crypto"
29.Cd "device glxsb"
30.Ed
31.Pp
32Alternatively, to load the driver as a
33module at boot time, place the following line in
34.Xr loader.conf 5 :
35.Bd -literal -offset indent
36glxsb_load="YES"
37.Ed
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41driver supports the security block of the Geode LX series processors.
42The Geode LX is a member of the AMD Geode family
43of integrated x86 system chips.
44.Pp
45Driven by periodic checks for available data from the generator,
46.Nm
47supplies entropy to the
48.Xr random 4
49driver for common usage.
50.Pp
51.Nm
52also supports acceleration of AES-128-CBC operations for
53.Xr crypto 4 .
54It also registers itself to accelerate other HMAC algorithms, although
55there is no hardware acceleration for those algorithms.
56This is only needed so
57.Nm
58can work with
59.Xr ipsec 4 .
60.Sh CAVEAT
61The
62.Xr crypto 9
63framework will fail to open the crypto session on the device if the AES
64key's length is != 128 bits.
65This prevents the use of the
66.Nm
67device driver with AES keys of length != 128 bits.
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr crypto 4 ,
70.Xr intro 4 ,
71.Xr ipsec 4 ,
72.Xr pci 4 ,
73.Xr random 4 ,
74.Xr crypto 7 ,
75.Xr crypto 9
76.Sh HISTORY
77The
78.Nm
79device driver first appeared in
80.Ox 4.1 .
81The
82.Nm
83device driver was imported into
84.Fx 7.1 .
85.Sh AUTHORS
86.An -nosplit
87The
88.Nm
89device driver was written for
90.Ox
91by
92.An Tom Cosgrove .
93It was ported to
94.Fx
95by
96.An Patrick Lamaiziere Aq Mt patfbsd@davenulle.org .
97