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## Summary
- Add non-blocking (incremental) Curve25519 key generation and shared secret via `WC_X25519_NONBLOCK`, modeled after the existing ECC non-blocking pattern (`WC_ECC_NONBLOCK`)
- Implement `curve25519_nb()` and `fe_inv__distinct_nb()` in `fe_low_mem.c` as state-machine variants that return `FP_WOULDBLOCK` to yield after each field multiply
- Add `wc_curve25519_set_nonblock()` API to attach/detach non-blocking context to a key
- Integrate X25519 non-blocking with TLS 1.2/1.3 key share generation and shared secret in `tls.c` and `internal.c` (behind `WC_X25519_NONBLOCK && WOLFSSL_ASYNC_CRYPT_SW`)
- Add `--enable-curve25519=nonblock` configure option (auto-enables `--enable-asynccrypt` and `--enable-asynccrypt-sw`)
- Add X25519 async software dispatch cases in `async.c` and types in `async.h`
- Fix async guard in `curve25519.c` to require `WOLFSSL_ASYNC_CRYPT_SW` (matching other algorithms)
- Overhaul `examples/async/` client/server: non-blocking I/O via `WOLFSSL_USER_IO`, standalone `Makefile`, X25519/ECC mode selection, CI-friendly ready-file sync
- Add `examples/configs/user_settings_curve25519nonblock.h` and CI coverage in `os-check.yml` and new `async-examples.yml` workflow
- Add wolfcrypt test and API test coverage for X25519 non-blocking
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# wolfSSL Asynchronous Cryptography support
Supported with:
* Intel QuickAssist
* Marvell (Cavium) Nitrox
* Crypto Callbacks (`--enable-cryptocb`)
* PK Callbacks (`--enable-pkcallbacks`)
Tested with:
* `./configure --enable-asynccrypt --enable-rsa --disable-ecc`
* `./configure --enable-asynccrypt --disable-rsa --enable-ecc`
* `./configure --enable-asynccrypt --enable-cryptocb --enable-rsa --disable-ecc`
* `./configure --enable-asynccrypt --enable-cryptocb --disable-rsa --enable-ecc`
* `./configure --enable-asynccrypt --enable-pkcallbacks --enable-rsa --disable-ecc`
* `./configure --enable-asynccrypt --enable-pkcallbacks --disable-rsa --enable-ecc`
```
make -C examples/async
./examples/async/async_server --ecc
./examples/async/async_client --ecc 127.0.0.1 11111
./examples/async/async_client --x25519 ecc256.badssl.com 443
```
Optional ready-file sync (CI-friendly, avoids sleeps):
```
export WOLFSSL_ASYNC_READYFILE=/tmp/wolfssl_async_ready
./examples/async/async_server --ecc
WOLFSSL_ASYNC_READYFILE=/tmp/wolfssl_async_ready ./examples/async/async_client --ecc 127.0.0.1 11111
```
Porting the TCP/IP stack:
Define `NET_USER_HEADER` to include your network shim and provide the
`NET_*` macros plus `NET_IO_SEND_CB` / `NET_IO_RECV_CB`.
## Asynchronous Cryptography Design
When a cryptographic call is handed off to hardware it return `WC_PENDING_E` up to caller. Then it can keep calling until the operation completes. For some platforms it is required to call `wolfSSL_AsyncPoll`. At the TLS layer a "devId" (Device ID) must be set using `wolfSSL_CTX_SetDevId` to indicate desire to offload cryptography.
For further design details please see: https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfAsyncCrypt#design
## Support
For questions please email support@wolfssl.com