From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
To: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
"linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
Steve Capper <steve.capper@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] ARM: wire up HWCAP2 feature bits to the CPU modalias
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 16:42:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKv+Gu8nKFYBarBgy16xgR35eMYdYipxtnGmMOOWWh4ekXnmfw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170102234013.GK14217@n2100.armlinux.org.uk>
On 2 January 2017 at 23:40, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux@armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 02, 2017 at 09:06:04PM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> On 31 October 2016 at 16:13, Russell King - ARM Linux
>> <linux@armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
>> > On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 11:08:36AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> >> On 18 October 2016 at 11:52, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:
>> >> > Wire up the generic support for exposing CPU feature bits via the
>> >> > modalias in /sys/device/system/cpu. This allows udev to automatically
>> >> > load modules for things like crypto algorithms that are implemented
>> >> > using optional instructions.
>> >> >
>> >> > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
>> >> > ---
>> >> > arch/arm/Kconfig | 1 +
>> >> > arch/arm/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++
>> >> > 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Russell,
>> >>
>> >> do you have any concerns regarding this patch? If not, I will drop it
>> >> into the patch system.
>> >
>> > It's still something I need to look at... I've been offline last week,
>> > and sort-of offline the previous week, so I'm catching up.
>> >
>>
>> Hi Russell,
>>
>> Any thoughts yet?
>
> None, and the patch is well buried now that it'll take me a while to
> find... back in mid-October? Yea, I'll have to drop everything and
> go digging through my mailboxes to find it... and I'm just catching
> up (again) after a week and a bit's time offline - yep, it's wonderful
> timing. Sorry, no time to look at it right now, you're not the only
> one wanting my attention at the moment.
>
No worries. It is not exactly urgent, but it is a useful enhancement
nonetheless.
> Please try again in about a week's time - don't leave it a few months,
> and please include the patch.
>
OK
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-04 16:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-18 10:52 [PATCH 0/5] ARM: add module autoloading support for crypto modules Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-18 10:52 ` [PATCH 1/5] ARM: wire up HWCAP2 feature bits to the CPU modalias Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-29 10:08 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-31 16:13 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2017-01-02 21:06 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-01-02 23:40 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2017-01-04 16:42 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2016-10-18 10:52 ` [PATCH 2/5] crypto: arm/aes-ce - enable module autoloading based on CPU feature bits Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-18 10:52 ` [PATCH 3/5] crypto: arm/ghash-ce " Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-18 10:52 ` [PATCH 4/5] crypto: arm/sha1-ce " Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-18 10:52 ` [PATCH 5/5] crypto: arm/sha2-ce " Ard Biesheuvel
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