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19.Dd June 8, 2008
20.Dt GLXSB 4 i386
21.Os
22.Sh NAME
23.Nm glxsb
24.Nd Geode LX Security Block crypto accelerator
25.Sh SYNOPSIS
26To compile this driver into the kernel,
27place the following lines in your
28kernel configuration file:
29.Bd -ragged -offset indent
30.Cd "device crypto"
31.Cd "device glxsb"
32.Ed
33.Pp
34Alternatively, to load the driver as a
35module at boot time, place the following line in
36.Xr loader.conf 5 :
37.Bd -literal -offset indent
38glxsb_load="YES"
39.Ed
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm
43driver supports the security block of the Geode LX series processors.
44The Geode LX is a member of the AMD Geode family
45of integrated x86 system chips.
46.Pp
47Driven by periodic checks for available data from the generator,
48.Nm
49supplies entropy to the
50.Xr random 4
51driver for common usage.
52.Pp
53.Nm
54also supports acceleration of AES-128-CBC operations for
55.Xr crypto 4 .
56It also registers itself to accelerate other HMAC algorithms, although
57there is no hardware acceleration for those algorithms.
58This is only needed so
59.Nm
60can work with
61.Xr ipsec 4 .
62.Sh CAVEAT
63The
64.Xr crypto 9
65framework will fail to open the crypto session on the device if the AES
66key's length is != 128 bits.
67This prevents the use of the
68.Nm
69device driver with AES keys of length != 128 bits.
70.Sh SEE ALSO
71.Xr crypto 4 ,
72.Xr intro 4 ,
73.Xr pci 4 ,
74.Xr ipsec 4 ,
75.Xr random 4 ,
76.Xr crypto 9
77.Sh HISTORY
78The
79.Nm
80device driver first appeared in
81.Ox 4.1 .
82The
83.Nm
84device driver was imported into
85.Fx 7.1 .
86.Sh AUTHORS
87.An -nosplit
88The
89.Nm
90device driver was written for
91.Ox
92by
93.An Tom Cosgrove .
94It was ported to
95.Fx
96by
97.An Patrick Lamaiziere Aq patfbsd@davenulle.org .
98