Reference

glxsb(4)

Geode LX Security Block crypto accelerator

NAME

glxsb – Geode LX Security Block crypto accelerator

SYNOPSIS

glxsb* at pci?

DESCRIPTION

The glxsb driver supports the security block of the Geode LX series processors. The Geode LX is a member of the AMD Geode family of integrated x86 system chips.

Driven by periodic checks for available data from the generator, glxsb supplies entropy to the random(4) driver for common usage.

glxsb also supports acceleration of AES-CBC operations for ipsec(4).

SEE ALSO

intro(4), ipsec(4), pci(4), random(4), crypto(9)

HISTORY

Support for glxsb was added in OpenBSD 4.1.

AUTHORS

The glxsb driver was written by Tom Cosgrove.