From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ard Biesheuvel Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] ARM: wire up HWCAP2 feature bits to the CPU modalias Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 16:42:32 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1476787939-21889-1-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> <1476787939-21889-2-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> <20161031161319.GF1041@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> <20170102234013.GK14217@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org" , Herbert Xu , Steve Capper To: Russell King - ARM Linux Return-path: Received: from mail-io0-f175.google.com ([209.85.223.175]:33085 "EHLO mail-io0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1031514AbdADQnK (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2017 11:43:10 -0500 Received: by mail-io0-f175.google.com with SMTP id d9so458035976ioe.0 for ; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 08:42:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20170102234013.GK14217@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2 January 2017 at 23:40, Russell King - ARM Linux 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 >> wrote: >> > On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 11:08:36AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >> >> On 18 October 2016 at 11:52, Ard Biesheuvel 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 >> >> > --- >> >> > 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