Re: [Q] merging mainline kernel

[Sean Neakums <sneakums@zork.net>]

commence  Mitsuru KANDA quotation:

> Hello Michael,
>
>> Until such time as the mainline kernel resides in a free country,
>> I would strongly recommend that the crypto code stay out.
> You mean the mainline kernel shuold reside outside of U.S like OpenBSD :-) ?
>
> I'm not familiar with the limitations on crypto exports of U.S.  but
> I think at least CryptoAPI scheme existing inside the mainline
> kernel is useful for kernel developers who want to use cryptoapi.
> (e.g. abstraction layer: cryptoapi.c crypto.h)

My recollection (which could be faulty) is that under the export
regulations, code that contained crypto hooks was treated the same as
code that actually implemented cryptography.

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