From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA3E4C433E0 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 2021 09:44:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62E5264DA8 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 2021 09:44:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229593AbhBBJo0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Feb 2021 04:44:26 -0500 Received: from helcar.hmeau.com ([216.24.177.18]:44810 "EHLO fornost.hmeau.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229557AbhBBJnH (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Feb 2021 04:43:07 -0500 Received: from gwarestrin.arnor.me.apana.org.au ([192.168.103.7]) by fornost.hmeau.com with smtp (Exim 4.92 #5 (Debian)) id 1l6sCB-0006Z7-K4; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:42:04 +1100 Received: by gwarestrin.arnor.me.apana.org.au (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:42:03 +1100 Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 20:42:03 +1100 From: Herbert Xu To: "Alessandrelli, Daniele" Cc: "Khurana, Prabhjot" , "davem@davemloft.net" , "Reshetova, Elena" , "mgross@linux.intel.com" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "ardb@kernel.org" , "xuzaibo@huawei.com" , "wangzhou1@hisilicon.com" , "linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org" , "yumeng18@huawei.com" Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 4/7] crypto: add ecc curve and expose them Message-ID: <20210202094203.GA28856@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <1611299395-675-1-git-send-email-yumeng18@huawei.com> <1611299395-675-5-git-send-email-yumeng18@huawei.com> <20210128050354.GA30874@gondor.apana.org.au> <20210128103908.GA32495@gondor.apana.org.au> <20210202051346.GB27641@gondor.apana.org.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 09:27:33AM +0000, Alessandrelli, Daniele wrote: > > I see. Just to clarify: does the in-kernel user requirement also apply > to the case when the author of a device driver also provides the > software implementation for the new algorithms supported by device > driver / HW? Yes we need an actual user. For example, if your algorithm is used by the Security Subsystem (IMA) that would be sufficient. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt