Re: [PATCH] crypto: caam: add backlogging support

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On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 07:53:19AM +0000, Catalin Vasile wrote:
>
> Every request will be queued and eventually done.
> The hardware equipment has a constraint on the number of tfms it can have.
> Is there a requirement to support an infinite number of tfms on a device?
> 
> > You should use a software queue instead.> 

As I said you drivers are always supposed to have a software queue
in addition to any hardware queues.  There is no reason why your
driver should be special in this regard.

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