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28.Dd November 22, 2024
29.Dt SAFE 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm safe
33.Nd SafeNet SafeXcel 1141/1741 crypto accelerator
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35To compile this driver into the kernel,
36place the following lines in your
37kernel configuration file:
38.Bd -ragged -offset indent
39.Cd "device crypto"
40.Cd "device cryptodev"
41.Cd "device safe"
42.Ed
43.Pp
44Alternatively, to load the driver as a
45module at boot time, place the following line in
46.Xr loader.conf 5 :
47.Bd -literal -offset indent
48safe_load="YES"
49.Ed
50.Pp
51In
52.Xr sysctl.conf 5 :
53.Bd -ragged -offset indent
54.Cd hw.safe.debug
55.Cd hw.safe.dump
56.Cd hw.safe.rnginterval
57.Cd hw.safe.rngbufsize
58.Cd hw.safe.rngmaxalarm
59.Ed
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Nm
63driver supports cards containing SafeNet crypto accelerator chips.
64.Pp
65The
66.Nm
67driver registers itself to accelerate AES,
68SHA1-HMAC, and NULL operations for
69.Xr ipsec 4
70and
71.Xr crypto 4 .
72.Pp
73On all models, the driver registers itself to provide random data to the
74.Xr random 4
75subsystem.
76Periodically the driver will poll the hardware RNG and retrieve
77data for use by the system.
78If the driver detects that the hardware RNG is resonating with any local
79signal, it will reset the oscillators that generate random data.
80Three
81.Xr sysctl 8
82settings control this procedure:
83.Va hw.safe.rnginterval
84specifies the time, in seconds, between polling operations,
85.Va hw.safe.rngbufsize
86specifies the number of 32-bit words to retrieve on each poll,
87and
88.Va hw.safe.rngmaxalarm
89specifies the threshold for resetting the oscillators.
90.Pp
91When the driver is compiled with
92.Dv SAFE_DEBUG
93defined, two
94.Xr sysctl 8
95variables are provided for debugging purposes:
96.Va hw.safe.debug
97can be set to a non-zero value to enable debugging messages to be sent
98to the console for each cryptographic operation,
99.Va hw.safe.dump
100is a write-only variable that can be used to force driver state to be sent
101to the console.
102Set this variable to
103.Dq Li ring
104to dump the current state of the descriptor ring,
105to
106.Dq Li dma
107to dump the hardware DMA registers,
108or
109to
110.Dq Li int
111to dump the hardware interrupt registers.
112.Sh HARDWARE
113The
114.Nm
115driver supports the following SafeXcel chips:
116.Bl -column "SafeNet 1141" "The original chipset. Supports" -offset indent
117.It SafeNet 1141 Ta The original chipset.
118Supports DES, Triple-DES, AES, MD5, and SHA-1
119symmetric crypto operations, RNG, public key operations, and full IPsec
120packet processing.
121.It SafeNet 1741 Ta A faster version of the 1141.
122.El
123.Sh SEE ALSO
124.Xr crypt 3 ,
125.Xr crypto 4 ,
126.Xr intro 4 ,
127.Xr ipsec 4 ,
128.Xr random 4 ,
129.Xr crypto 7 ,
130.Xr crypto 9
131.Sh BUGS
132Public key support is not implemented.
133