From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754842AbdFWT31 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jun 2017 15:29:27 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:56371 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754672AbdFWT30 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jun 2017 15:29:26 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:25:40 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Brijesh Singh Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gary.hook@amd.com, thomas.lendacky@amd.com, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, davem@davemloft.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Introduce AMD Secure Processor device Message-ID: <20170622132539.GA14239@localhost> References: <20170622114204.4361-1-brijesh.singh@amd.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170622114204.4361-1-brijesh.singh@amd.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu 2017-06-22 06:42:01, Brijesh Singh wrote: > CCP device (drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp.ko) is part of AMD Secure Processor, > which is not dedicated solely to crypto. The AMD Secure Processor includes > CCP and PSP (Platform Secure Processor) devices. > > This patch series adds a framework that allows functional component of the > AMD Secure Processor to be initialized and handled appropriately. The series > does not makes any logic modification into CCP - it refactors the code to > integerate CCP into AMD secure processor framework. Ok, so this is just preparation. When finished, what services will it provide to Linux userland?