On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 09:38:35PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote: > On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 08:52:12 PM, Corentin LABBE wrote: > > Le 23/07/2014 17:51, Marek Vasut a écrit : > > > 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 > > > > Yes, DMA is possible and will be implemented soon. > > So if I have well understood, I keep using async interface. > > Yeah, in this case, using DMA and async interface combo is the way to go. OK fair enough. -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt -- 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
