> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-crypto-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-crypto- > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ira W. Snyder > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 2:33 AM > To: Tabi Timur-B04825 > Cc: Liu Qiang-B32616; linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linuxppc- > dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Vinod Koul; herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Dan > Williams; Li Yang-R58472; davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [linuxppc-release] [PATCH v4 7/7] fsl-dma: add memcpy self > test interface > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 12:48:41PM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote: > > qiang.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > > Add memory copy self test when probe device, fsl-dma will be disabled > > > if self test failed. > > > > Is this a real problem that can occur? The DMA driver used to have a > > self-test, but I removed it a long time ago because it was pointless. > I > > don't see why we need to add another one back in. > > > > -- > > Timur Tabi > > Linux kernel developer at Freescale > > > > I made a comment that a test suite for the async_tx API would be very > helpful in diagnosing similar problems in this and other DMA drivers. > Something standalone, similar to the drivers/dma/dmatest.c driver, using > the async_tx API. > > I think this was misinterpreted into me asking that the driver have a > built-in self test. I will drop it in next version. Thanks. > > Ira > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" > in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
