libcrypto.a and FIPs module in OpenSSL 3.0

[Bala Duvvuri]

Hi All,

We build the "crypto" code in OpenSSL to generate "libcrypto.a" for MIPs platform.

Our application links statically with "libcrypto.a" and uses the OpenSSL crypto API's accordingly.

With this compilation model, will it be feasible to integrate with the FIPs object module in OpenSSL 3.0?

How can we load the FIPS provider in our application?

(I have gone through the section about the FIPs module installation in https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/OpenSSL_3.0#Platforms)

Any insight will be helpful to me.

Thanks
Bala