Re: Soekris vpn1411 (Hifn 7955) not working

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <20080604165559.GA3979%moray.salmi.ch@localhost>,
Jukka Salmi  <j+nbsd%2008.salmi.ch@localhost> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm trying to use a vpn1411 crypto accelerator with a Soekris net4511
>running NetBSD/i386 4.0_STABLE. However, it doesn't seem to work:
>
>$ dmesg
>[...]
>hifn0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0: Hifn 7955, rev. 0
>hifn0: 3DES/AES, 32KB dram, interrupting at irq 11
>[...]
>
>The kernel config file contains the `pseudo-device crypto'.
>
>$ ls -l /dev/crypto
>crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel  160, 0 Jun  2 14:35 /dev/crypto
>
>$ sysctl kern.usercrypto
>kern.usercrypto = 1
>
>$ openssl speed -elapsed -evp des
>[...]
>Doing des-cbc for 3s on 16 size blocks: 78587 des-cbc's in 3.01s
>Doing des-cbc for 3s on 64 size blocks: 21093 des-cbc's in 3.00s
>Doing des-cbc for 3s on 256 size blocks: 5371 des-cbc's in 3.00s
>Doing des-cbc for 3s on 1024 size blocks: 1346 des-cbc's in 3.01s
>Doing des-cbc for 3s on 8192 size blocks: 167 des-cbc's in 3.01s
>OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007
>built on: NetBSD 4.0_STABLE
>options:bn(32,32) md2(int) rc4(ptr,int) des(ptr,risc2,16,long)
>aes(partial) blowfish(ptr2) 
>compiler: gcc version 4.1.2 20061021 (prerelease) (NetBSD nb3 20061125)
>available timing options: USE_TOD HZ=100 [sysconf value]
>timing function used: gettimeofday
>The 'numbers' are in 1000s of bytes per second processed.
>type             16 bytes     64 bytes    256 bytes   1024 bytes   8192 bytes
>des-cbc            418.00k      449.26k      457.64k      458.61k      454.36k
>
>$ sudo sysctl -w kern.usercrypto=0
>kern.usercrypto: 1 -> 0
>
>$ openssl speed -elapsed -evp des
>[...]
>Doing des-cbc for 3s on 16 size blocks: 78384 des-cbc's in 3.00s
>Doing des-cbc for 3s on 64 size blocks: 21007 des-cbc's in 3.00s
>Doing des-cbc for 3s on 256 size blocks: 5362 des-cbc's in 3.00s
>Doing des-cbc for 3s on 1024 size blocks: 1343 des-cbc's in 3.01s
>Doing des-cbc for 3s on 8192 size blocks: 167 des-cbc's in 3.01s
>OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007
>built on: NetBSD 4.0_STABLE
>options:bn(32,32) md2(int) rc4(ptr,int) des(ptr,risc2,16,long)
>aes(partial) blowfish(ptr2) 
>compiler: gcc version 4.1.2 20061021 (prerelease) (NetBSD nb3 20061125)
>available timing options: USE_TOD HZ=100 [sysconf value]
>timing function used: gettimeofday
>The 'numbers' are in 1000s of bytes per second processed.
>type             16 bytes     64 bytes    256 bytes   1024 bytes   8192 bytes
>des-cbc            417.90k      447.50k      456.80k      457.50k      454.72k
>
>
>Is this card (or the vpn1401 or some other card using a hifn 7955)
>working for anybody?
>
>
>Hints are appreciated!

Can you try a kernel with CRYPTO_DEBUG?

christos