Freescale Semiconductor SEC2SWUG specifications Acronyms and Abbreviations, Overview, Term Meaning

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Overview

Both acronyms indicate the device's functional block that performs the crypto functions requested. For further details on the device see the Hardware Reference Manual.

The reader should understand that the design of this driver is a legacy holdover from two prior generations of security processors. As applications have already been written for those processors, certain aspects of the interface for this driver have been designed so as to maintain source-level application portability with prior driver/processor versions. Where relevant in this document, prior-version compatibility features will be indicated to the reader.

Table 1 contains acronyms and abbreviations that are used in this user’s guide.

 

 

Table 1. Acronyms and Abbreviations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term

Meaning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AESA

AES accelerator—This term is synonymous with AESU in the MPC18x User’s Manual and other

 

 

 

documentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFHA

ARC-4 hardware accelerator—This term is synonymous with AFEU in the MPC18x User’s Manual

 

 

 

and other documentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APAD

Autopad—The MDHA will automatically pad incomplete message blocks out to 512 bits when APAD

 

 

 

is enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARC-4

Encryption algorithm compatible with the RC-4 algorithm developed by RSA, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auth

Authentication

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBC

Cipher block chaining—An encryption mode commonly used with block ciphers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHA

Crypto hardware accelerator—This term is synonymous with ‘execution unit’ in the MPC18x User’s

 

 

 

Manual and other documentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CTX

Context

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DESA

DES accelerator—This term is synonymous with DEU in the MPC18x User’s Manual and other

 

 

 

documentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DPD

Data packet descriptor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ECB

Electronic code book—An encryption mode less commonly used with block ciphers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU

Execution unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMAC

Hashed message authentication code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IDGS

Initialize digest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPSec

Internet protocol security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISR

Interrupt service routine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KEA

Kasumi encryption acceleration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MD

Message digest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MDHA

Message digest hardware accelerator—This term is synonymous with MDEU in the MPC18x User’s

 

 

 

Manual and other documentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OS

Operating system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PK

Public key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PKHA

Public key hardware accelerator—This term is synonymous with PKEU in the MPC18x User’s

 

 

 

Manual and other documentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contents Overview Freescale SemiconductorTerm Meaning Acronyms and AbbreviationsOverview SEC 2.0 Reference Device Driver User’s Guide, RevDevice Driver Components Device Driver ComponentsDevice Driver Structure End-User ApplicationRequest Dispatch Routine Interrupt Service RoutineDriver Initialization Routine Process Request RoutineApplication Interface Deferred Service RoutineUser Interface User InterfaceError Handling = DpdaesacbcencryptcryptChannel Definitions Global Definitions1 I/O Control Codes Second and Third Arguments in the ioctl FunctionReturn Codes Callback Error Status Return CodeOperation ID opId Masks Channel DefinesSEC2PARITYSYSTEMERROR SEC2ADDRESSPROBLEMSEC2CHAERROR SEC2TEAERRORSEC2INVALIDADDRESS SEC2CANCELLEDREQUESTMiscellaneous Request Structures Define DescriptionProcess Request Structures StatusreqNotifyonerror Scatter-Gather Buffer ManagementDirect Scatter-Gather Usage Example DES Requests Individual Request Type DescriptionsRandom Number Requests Rngreq1 ARC4LOADCTXCRYPTREQ ARC4 RequestsDescryptreq Descbccryptreq Valid Descriptors opIdARC4LOADKEYCRYPTUNLOADCTXREQ Valid Descriptor opId 2 ARC4LOADKEYCRYPTUNLOADCTXREQARC4LOADCTXCRYPTREQ Valid Descriptor opId Hashreq Valid Descriptors 0x4400 opId Hash RequestsHashreq Hashreq Valid Descriptors 0x4500 opId Hmac RequestsHmacpadreq Hmacpadreq Valid Descriptors opId AES RequestsAesacryptreq Aesacryptreq Valid Descriptors opId Integer Public Key RequestsModexpreq Modexpreq Valid Descriptor opIdModssexpreq Valid Descriptor opId ModssexpreqMODR2MODNREQ DpdmmssrsaexpModrrmodpreq Valid Descriptor opId Modrrmodpreq5 MOD2OPREQ 0x5300MOD2OPREQ Valid Descriptors opId Value Function Description MOD2OPREQ Valid Descriptors opId ECC Public Key RequestsEccpointreq 2 ECC2OPREQ Eccpointreq Valid Descriptors opIdEccspkbuildreq Valid Descriptor opId EccspkbuildreqECC2OPREQ Valid Descriptors opId DpdecspkbuildulctxIpseccbcreq IPSec RequestsEccptadddblreq Eccptadddblreq Valid Descriptor opIdIpseccbcreq Valid Descriptors opId Descriptors Ipsececbreq Ipsececbreq Valid Descriptors opIdIpsecaescbcreq Ipsecaescbcreq Valid Descriptors opIdIpsecaesecbreq Ipsecespreq Ipsecaesecbreq Valid Descriptors opIdIpsecespreq Valid Descriptors opId Dpdipsecespouttdescbccrptshapad DpdipsecespinsdescbcdcrptshapadDPDIPSECESPOUTTDESCBCCRPTMD5PAD DPDIPSECESPINTDESCBCDCRPTMD5PADCcmpreq 10 802.11 Protocol RequestsSrtp Protocol Requests SrtpreqSrtpreq Valid Descriptors opId Sample CodeDES Sample Ipsec Sample PRELIMINARY-SUBJECT to Change Without Notice Operation InstallationLinux Environment Driver Module License Macro Driver Operation in User ModeVxWorks Environment VxWorks EnvironmentBSP Integration PortingBuilding the Interface Modules VxWorks Interface Module VariablesSource Files Interrupt Service RoutineHeader Files Distribution Archive Conditional CompilationDebug Messaging How to Reach Us

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