From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753520AbXDLMk6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:40:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753530AbXDLMk6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:40:58 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:50930 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753520AbXDLMk6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:40:58 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:40:54 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Indan Zupancic Cc: Satyam Sharma , Tasos Parisinos , Bill Davidsen , Andi Kleen , herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, randy.dunlap@oracle.com Subject: Re: [PATCH resend][CRYPTO]: RSA algorithm patch Message-ID: <20070412124054.GA563@one.firstfloor.org> References: <4610EDF9.9000601@sciensis.com> <4616BC09.2080509@tmr.com> <4152.81.207.0.53.1175900790.squirrel@secure.samage.net> <461715B4.9060701@tmr.com> <009501c77c22$2b4960f0$0864a8c0@scs1> <1349.81.207.0.53.1176302225.squirrel@secure.samage.net> <000401c77cdd$5ef79910$0864a8c0@scs1> <3630.81.207.0.53.1176380573.squirrel@secure.samage.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3630.81.207.0.53.1176380573.squirrel@secure.samage.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Perhaps, with that in mind, it's better to not merge the bare RSA version either, > as it might give false hope for more, because it looks like most implementations > should be done in user space (either because that's better anyway, or because of > legal reasons). Before merging anything there would need to be clear applications (with patches, discussions etc.) In general code with no users is not merged because it will just bitrot. -Andi