Distribute the text of ec(3) to the individual EC manuals where it belongs.

Make sure EC_GROUP_new(3) points to all EC manuals and all EC manuals
point back to EC_GROUP_new(3), and add some other useful links as well.
Change all links to ec(3) to point to EC_GROUP_new(3) instead.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/man/EC_GFp_simple_method.3 b/src/lib/libcrypto/man/EC_GFp_simple_method.3
index d2f0d76bce..7f08e707f5 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/man/EC_GFp_simple_method.3
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/man/EC_GFp_simple_method.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"     $OpenBSD: EC_GFp_simple_method.3,v 1.5 2016/12/06 14:54:55 schwarze Exp $
+.\"     $OpenBSD: EC_GFp_simple_method.3,v 1.6 2016/12/11 14:22:43 schwarze Exp $
 .\"     OpenSSL b97fdb57 Nov 11 09:33:09 2016 +0100
 .\"
 .\" This file was written by Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
 .\" OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 6 2016 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 11 2016 $
 .Dt EC_GFP_SIMPLE_METHOD 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The elliptic curve library provides a number of different
 implementations through a single common interface.
+Each implementation is optimised for different scenarios.
+An implementation is represented by an
+.Vt EC_METHOD
+structure.
+.Pp
 When constructing a curve using
 .Xr EC_GROUP_new 3 ,
 an implementation method must be provided.
@@ -149,7 +154,6 @@ structure supports.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr BN_mod_mul_montgomery 3 ,
 .Xr d2i_ECPKParameters 3 ,
-.Xr ec 3 ,
 .Xr EC_GROUP_copy 3 ,
 .Xr EC_GROUP_new 3 ,
 .Xr EC_KEY_new 3 ,