On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 04:13:09 PM, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 04:07:20PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote: > > On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 03:57:35 PM, Herbert Xu wrote: > > > On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 02:00:03PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote: > > > > > + } > > > > > +#endif > > > > > + > > > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_SUNXI_SS_MD5 > > > > > + err = crypto_register_shash(&sunxi_md5_alg); > > > > > > > > Do not use shash for such device. This is clearly and ahash (and > > > > async in general) device. The rule of a thumb here is that you use > > > > sync algos only for devices which have dedicated instructions for > > > > computing the transformation. For devices which are attached to some > > > > kind of bus, you use async algos (ahash etc). > > > > > > I'm sorry that I didn't catch this earlier but there is no such > > > rule. > > > > > > Unless you need the async interface you should stick to the sync > > > interfaces for the sake of simplicity. > > > > > > We have a number of existing drivers that are synchronous but > > > using the async interface. They should either be converted > > > over to the sync interface or made interrupt-driven if possible. > > > > Sure, but this device is interrupt driven and uses DMA to feed the crypto > > engine, therefore async, right ? > > If it's interrupt-driven, then yes it would certainly make sense to > be async. But all I see is polling in the latest posting, was the > first version different? I stand corrected then, sorry. Is it possible to use DMA to feed the crypto accelerator, Corentin? Best regards, Marek Vasut -- 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
