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Summarize how to improve MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CLIENT

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Signed-off-by: Gilles Peskine <Gilles.Peskine@arm.com>
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@ -470,3 +470,12 @@ The hash_info module is redundant with MD light. Move `mbedtls_md_error_from_psa
#### Unify HMAC with PSA
PSA has its own HMAC implementation. In builds with both `MBEDTLS_MD_C` and `PSA_WANT_ALG_HMAC` not fully provided by drivers, we should have a single implementation. Replace the one in `md.h` by calls to the PSA driver interface. This will also give mixed-domain modules access to HMAC accelerated directly by a PSA driver (eliminating the need to a HMAC interface in software if all supported hashes have an accelerator that includes HMAC support).
### Improving support for `MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CLIENT`
So far, MD light only dispatches to PSA if an algorithm is available via `MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C`, not if it's available via `MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CLIENT`. This is acceptable because `MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO` requires `MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C`, hence mixed-domain code never invokes PSA.
The architecture can be extended to support `MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CLIENT` with a little extra work. Here is an overview of the task breakdown, which should be fleshed up after we've done the first [migration](#migration-to-md-light):
* Compile-time dependencies: instead of checking `defined(MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C)`, check `defined(MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C) || defined(MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CLIENT)`.
* Implementers of `MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CLIENT` will need to provide `psa_can_do_hash()` (or a more general function `psa_can_do`) alongside `psa_crypto_init()`. Note that at this point, it will become a public interface, hence we won't be able to change it at a whim.