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Splice in cryptodev (this man page originated on openbsd where there is

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no cryptodev module.)  Should probably create a separate cryptodev man
page (or a link to this one) but for now add enough so folks understand
the relationship between the two.

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.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd October 3, 2002
.Dd January 16, 2004
.Dt CRYPTO 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm crypto
.Nm crypto ,
.Nm cryptodev
.Nd hardware crypto access driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd device crypto
.Cd device cryptodev
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides userland applications access to hardware crypto support
via the kernel.
driver provides a device-independent framework to support
cryptographic operations in the kernel.
The
.Nm cryptodev
driver provides userland applications access to this support
through the
.Pa /dev/crypto
device node primarily operates in an
device.
This node primarily operates in an
.Xr ioctl 2
based model, permitting a variety of applications to query device capabilities,
submit transactions, and get results.