SALLD  01_00_07_00

This is a component release for the SA LLD 1.00.07 to be used with MCSDK.

This package of SA LLD should be used by drivers and applications that interface with the Security Accelerator (SA) within NetCP, which provides hardware engines to perform encryption, decryption, and authentication operations on packets for commonly supported protocols, including IPsec ESP and AH, SRTP, and Air Cipher. The SA also provides the hardware modules to assist the host in generating public keys and random numbers. The SA LLD provides software building block to implement the security network applications including IPSEC, SRTP and 3GPP Air Ciphering on TI KeyStone devices. It also provides examples and unit tests to facilitate the integration and testing of network security protocols. The SA LLD builds on Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) to achieve platform abstraction, networking, and inter-core communication.

Although SASS supports 3GPP specific Ciphering and Authentication algorithms such as Kasumi F8/F9 and Snow3G F8, those algorithms are locked out in this standard SA LLD distribution. In order to access 3GPP specific functionalities, one must obtain ETSI licensing as described at https://www.etsi.org/WebSite/OurServices/Algorithms/3gppalgorithms.aspx and then download the SASS 3GPP Enabler package from TI.

For further information on the SA and SA LLD, please refer to the Keystone Architecture Security Accelerator User Guide at:  https://www.ti.com/general/docs/lit/getliterature.tsp?baseLiteratureNumber=sprugy6

Supported Platforms

The Security Accelerator Low Level Driver (SA LLD) requires encryption-enabled KeyStone devices or encryption-enabled KeyStone Evaluation Modules (EVMs).   It will not execute on KeyStone devices and EVMs that do not support the Security Accelerator (hardware-accelerated encryption).    

For a list of the most current encryption-enabled KeyStone devices and EVMs, please contact your local TI sales representative.

Software Defects
None

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