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user907810
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Reputation: 3358

Testing kernel Crypto API on linux

I have a Freescale i.MX board on which I run the Linux 3.0.35 kernel.

I want to test if the Kernel Crypto API of my Linux system works. I just found out the test program is called tcrypt. I see that under /lib/modules/ there is a tcrypt.ko in the drivers directory. This being the case, is there anyway I can test run this library? How do I call it? Do I need to reconfigure my kernel to "enable" something to call it?

Please keep in mind that I am new to kernel API's.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3271

Answers (1)

user907810
user907810

Reputation: 3358

I had to compile the kernel modules. This built the "tcrypt.ko" module too. Then I used "insmod" command to load the module. Once loaded, the module was started with :

modprobe tcrypt sec=1 mode=200

(where mode is the algorithm to test)

Upvotes: 4

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