Re: [PATCH] [crypto] load the SHA1[1|256] module by an alias (v2)

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On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 03:12:10PM +0200, Sebastian Siewior wrote:
> Loading the crypto algorithm by the alias instead of by module directly
> has the advantage that all possible implementations of this algorithm
> are loaded automatically and the crypto API can choose the best one
> depending on its priority.
> Additionally it ensures that the generic implementation as well as the
> HW driver (if available) is loaded in case the HW driver needs the
> generic version as fallback in corner cases.
> Also remove the probe for sha1 in padlock's init code.
> Quote from Herbert:
>   The probe is actually pointless since we can always probe when
>   the algorithm is actually used which does not lead to dead-locks
>   like this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied with one small change where I left the *-padlock
aliases around since people might already be using them and
they're correct as the specific name of those algorithms.

Thanks,
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