From: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>
To: Gilad Ben Yossef <Gilad.BenYossef@arm.com>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
Hadar Gat <hadar.gat@arm.com>
Cc: kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Fw: Arm CryptoCell driver -- default Y, even on machines where it is obviously useless
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 09:33:26 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOtvUMfNgdYZF5VaqgF-51b0+KtxqgUFD6njXFX7evz1yAJc9A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <VI1PR08MB3584451F0B0B21E00ACF56A7FED70@VI1PR08MB3584.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
> > Sent: Saturday, 18 April 2020 13:44
> > To: kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; Hadar Gat
> > <Hadar.Gat@arm.com>; herbert@gondor.apana.org.au
> > Subject: Arm CryptoCell driver -- default Y, even on machines where it is
> > obviously useless
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm configuring kernel for x86, and I get offered HW_RANDOM_CCTRNG with
> > default=Y, and help text suggesting I should enable it.
> >
> > That's... two wrong suggestions, right?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Pavel
...
> ________________________________________
> From: Hadar Gat <Hadar.Gat@arm.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2020 11:31 PM
> To: Pavel Machek; kernel list; herbert@gondor.apana.org.au
> Cc: Ofir Drang; Gilad Ben Yossef; nd
> Subject: RE: Arm CryptoCell driver -- default Y, even on machines where it is obviously useless
>
> Hi Pavel,
> I think you got it right..
> Indeed, Arm CryptoCell CCTRNG driver couldn't be used and obviously useless if the Arm CryptoCell HW does not exist in the system.
There's a delicate point here though - CryptoCell is an independent
hardware block, it is not tied to a particular CPU architecture.
There are SoCs with none-Arm architecture CPU using it.
So I would say whatever the answer is, it should be the same for any
generic embedded style HW block.
And the help text is not architecture specific anyway, is it not..?
Gilad
--
Gilad Ben-Yossef
Chief Coffee Drinker
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2020-04-19 6:33 ` Gilad Ben-Yossef [this message]
2020-04-19 8:55 ` Fw: Arm CryptoCell driver -- default Y, even on machines where it is obviously useless Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-26 12:49 ` Hadar Gat
2020-04-26 12:56 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-26 13:06 ` Hadar Gat
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