openssl can get support for padlock crypto hw acceleration see bugid http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145537. But openssh needs a patch too, this patch can be downloaded here: http://www.logix.cz/michal/devel/padlock/contrib/openssh-4.5p1-engines.diff Here is a patch against openssh-4.5_p1 to enable padlock USE and apply patch from Michal Reproducible: Always
Created attachment 107576 [details, diff] Patch to enable padlock to openssh-4.5p1
As noted on the other bug - get this accepted upstream.
as noted by Jakub
*** Bug 174337 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 133026 [details] Engines patch that applies cleanly against 4.7 Put it in /usr/local/portage/net-misc/openssh/files (or wherever your portage overlay is) Use following ebuild patch to use it.
Created attachment 133028 [details] Modified openssh-4.7_p1-r2.ebuild to use engines patch