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Todo #11426

Deprecate old crypto hardware which is not viable on modern systems

Added by Jim Pingle 2 months ago. Updated about 2 months ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Luiz Souza
Category:
Hardware / Drivers
Target version:
2.6.0
Start date:
02/16/2021
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Release Notes:
Default

Description

We are carrying drivers for a few bits of crypto hardware which do not make sense on current systems. Either due to lack of support on non-EOL hardware or due to low bus speeds which would degrade performance should they be enabled.

These include:

  • ubsec
  • Hifn
  • VIA Padlock
  • Safe

Drivers for these should be removed, along with any code in the repo which allows them to be selected, detects them and reports their presence, etc.

History

#1 Updated by Luiz Souza about 2 months ago

  • Status changed from New to Feedback
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

The support for the old hardware was removed from kernel and from the GUI.

#2 Updated by Viktor Gurov about 2 months ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Resolved

Removed from 2.6.0

pfSense 2.4.5-p1:

[2.4.5-RELEASE][root@pg52.lab.int]/root: kldstat -v | grep ubsec
        360 pci/ubsec
[2.4.5-RELEASE][root@pg52.lab.int]/root: kldstat -v | grep hifn
        155 pci/hifn
[2.4.5-RELEASE][root@pg52.lab.int]/root: kldstat -v | grep padlock
        593 nexus/padlock
[2.4.5-RELEASE][root@pg52.lab.int]/root: kldstat -v | grep safe
        307 pci/safe

pfSense 2.6.0:

[2.6.0-DEVELOPMENT][root@pf41.prox.int]/root: kldstat -v | grep ubsec
[2.6.0-DEVELOPMENT][root@pf41.prox.int]/root: kldstat -v | grep hifn
[2.6.0-DEVELOPMENT][root@pf41.prox.int]/root: kldstat -v | grep padlock
[2.6.0-DEVELOPMENT][root@pf41.prox.int]/root: kldstat -v | grep safe
[2.6.0-DEVELOPMENT][root@pf41.prox.int]/root:

pfSense 2.6.0.a.20210225.0100

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