pub/, progs/: Implement Bernstein's Ed25519 signature scheme.

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@@ -246,6 +246,22 @@ command (see
 .BR key (1))
 to generate the key.
 .TP
+.B ed25519
+This is Bernstein, Duif, Lange, Schwabe, and Yang's Ed25519 algorithm.
+More specifically, this is HashEd25519
+using the selected
+.B hash
+algorithm \(en by default
+.BR sha512 .
+Use the
+.B ed25519
+algorithm of the
+.B key add
+command
+(see
+.BR key (1))
+to generate the key.
+.TP
 .B mac
 This uses a symmetric message-authentication algorithm rather than a
 digital signature.  The precise message-authentication scheme used is