From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: marex@denx.de (Marek Vasut)
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:51:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] crypto: Add Allwinner Security System crypto
 accelerator
In-Reply-To: <20140723141309.GA30324@gondor.apana.org.au>
References: <1400771396-9686-1-git-send-email-clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com>
 <201407231607.21106.marex@denx.de>
 <20140723141309.GA30324@gondor.apana.org.au>
Message-ID: <201407231751.02050.marex@denx.de>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org

On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 04:13:09 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 04:07:20PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 03:57:35 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > > On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 02:00:03PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > +	}
> > > > > +#endif
> > > > > +
> > > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_SUNXI_SS_MD5
> > > > > +	err = crypto_register_shash(&sunxi_md5_alg);
> > > > 
> > > > Do not use shash for such device. This is clearly and ahash (and
> > > > async in general) device. The rule of a thumb here is that you use
> > > > sync algos only for devices which have dedicated instructions for
> > > > computing the transformation. For devices which are attached to some
> > > > kind of bus, you use async algos (ahash etc).
> > > 
> > > I'm sorry that I didn't catch this earlier but there is no such
> > > rule.
> > > 
> > > Unless you need the async interface you should stick to the sync
> > > interfaces for the sake of simplicity.
> > > 
> > > We have a number of existing drivers that are synchronous but
> > > using the async interface.  They should either be converted
> > > over to the sync interface or made interrupt-driven if possible.
> > 
> > Sure, but this device is interrupt driven and uses DMA to feed the crypto
> > engine, therefore async, right ?
> 
> If it's interrupt-driven, then yes it would certainly make sense to
> be async.  But all I see is polling in the latest posting, was the
> first version different?

I stand corrected then, sorry.

Is it possible to use DMA to feed the crypto accelerator, Corentin?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut