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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
<pkgmetadata>
<maintainer type="person">
	<email>nerdboy@gentoo.org</email>
	<name>Stephen Arnold</name>
</maintainer>
<longdescription lang="en">
af_alg implements an OpenSSL engine that uses the AF_ALG functionailty found in
kernel &gt;= 2.6.38 for crypto offload. Be sure to actually check if it's faster,
as for many modern systems, userspace software implementations are actually
faster, as they avoid a kernel context switch. However, on embedded systems and
others with crypto hardware, AF_ALG may be faster.  The upstream readme has more
details.
</longdescription>
<upstream>
	<remote-id type="github">sarnold/af_alg</remote-id>
</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>