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Add man page description for KDF benchmark.
author
Milan Broz
<gmazyland@gmail.com>
Wed, 5 Dec 2012 19:43:06 +0000
(20:43 +0100)
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Milan Broz
<gmazyland@gmail.com>
Wed, 5 Dec 2012 19:43:06 +0000
(20:43 +0100)
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header before calling this command.
.PP
\fIbenchmark\fR <options>
.IP
.PP
\fIbenchmark\fR <options>
.IP
-Benchmarks ciphers
. Without parameters it tries to measure few common
-configurations.
+Benchmarks ciphers
and KDF (key derivation function).
+
Without parameters it tries to measure few common
configurations.
To benchmark other ciphers or modes, you need to specify \fB\-\-cipher\fR
To benchmark other ciphers or modes, you need to specify \fB\-\-cipher\fR
-and \fB\-\-key-size\fR options.
+and \fB\-\-key-size\fR options
or \fB\-\-hash\fR for KDF test
.
\fBNOTE:\fR This benchmark is using memory only and is only informative.
You cannot directly predict real storage encryption speed from it.
\fBNOTE:\fR This benchmark is using memory only and is only informative.
You cannot directly predict real storage encryption speed from it.
-This benchmark requires kernel userspace crypto API to be available
-(kernel af_alg and algif_skcipher modules, introduced in Linux kernel 2.6.38).
+For testing block ciphers, this benchmark requires kernel userspace
+crypto API to be available (kernel af_alg and algif_skcipher modules,
+introduced in Linux kernel 2.6.38).
-\fB<options>\fR can be [\-\-cipher, \-\-key-size].
+\fB<options>\fR can be [\-\-cipher, \-\-key-size
, \-\-hash
].
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B "\-\-verbose, \-v"
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B "\-\-verbose, \-v"