Hi Greg, Thanks for the speedy reply. I was hoping that setting my client to plain text only would actually do plain text only but I will try again with git send-email. This is our first driver upstreaming and we targeted staging as a first entry point. If you feel it's more appropriate when I re-submit I can go directly to drivers/crypto instead. Thanks, Dave David Kim Senior Software Engineer Tel: +44 1223 703449 nCipher Security One Station Square Cambridge CB1 2GA United Kingdom ________________________________________ From: linux-crypto-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-crypto-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 9, 2019 3:33 PM To: Kim, David Cc: devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Magee, Tim Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: staging: Add support for nCipher HSM devices On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 01:56:55PM +0000, Kim, David wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > This patch introduces a driver for nCipher's Solo and Solo XC range of PCIe > hardware security modules (HSM), which provide key creation/management > and cryptography services. > > Upstreaming the nCipher driver into the kernel will allow early adopters > of the latest kernel to upgrade and maintain their working systems when > using an nCipher PCIe HSM. Further, having this driver in the kernel will be > more convenient to our users and make a Linux based solution a more > attractive option for others. Odd characters at your line-end here :( > > Regards, > Dave Kim No need for the "Hi" and "regards" in a changelog text :) Most importantly, why is this being submitted for the staging directory? What is keeping it from being added to the "real" part of the kernel now? If you need/want it in drivers/staging/ then you need a TODO file that lists what needs to be done to it in order to get out of drivers/staging/ thanks, greg k-h > > Co-developed-by: Tim Magee <tim.magee@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Tim Magee <tim.magee@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: David Kim <david.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx> Odd line-end here :( > > > MAINTAINERS | 8 + > drivers/staging/Kconfig | 1 + > drivers/staging/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/staging/ncipher/Kconfig | 8 + > drivers/staging/ncipher/Makefile | 7 + > drivers/staging/ncipher/fsl.c | 911 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > drivers/staging/ncipher/fsl.h | 117 +++ > drivers/staging/ncipher/hostif.c | 1521 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > drivers/staging/ncipher/i21555.c | 553 ++++++++++++++ > drivers/staging/ncipher/i21555.h | 68 ++ > drivers/staging/ncipher/solo.h | 316 ++++++++ > include/uapi/linux/nshield_solo.h | 181 +++++ > 12 files changed, 3692 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > index 061d59a4a80b..c1125c999b95 100644 > --- a/MAINTAINERS > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > @@ -12605,6 +12605,14 @@ L: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > S: Supported > F: drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c > > +PCI DRIVER FOR NSHIELD SOLO AND SOLO XC HARDWARE SECURITY MODULES (HSM) > +M: Tim Magee <tim.magee@xxxxxxxxxxx> > +M: David Kim <david.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx> > +M: Hamish Cameron <hamish.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxx> > +L: linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > +S: Supported > +F: drivers/staging/ncipher/ > + > PCI DRIVER FOR MICROSEMI SWITCHTEC > M: Kurt Schwemmer <kurt.schwemmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > M: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/Kconfig > index eaf753b70ec5..0b5498d2415c 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/staging/Kconfig > @@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ source "drivers/staging/uwb/Kconfig" > source "drivers/staging/exfat/Kconfig" > > source "drivers/staging/qlge/Kconfig" > +source "drivers/staging/ncipher/Kconfig" > > source "drivers/staging/hp/Kconfig" > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/Makefile b/drivers/staging/Makefile > index 0a4396c9067b..be9f2e811528 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/Makefile > +++ b/drivers/staging/Makefile > @@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_EXFAT_FS) += exfat/ > obj-$(CONFIG_QLGE) += qlge/ > obj-$(CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_HP) += hp/ > obj-$(CONFIG_WFX) += wfx/ > +obj-$(CONFIG_NCIPHER) += ncipher/ > diff --git a/drivers/staging/ncipher/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/ncipher/Kconfig > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..5b466cd1896a > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/staging/ncipher/Kconfig > @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > +# Enable support for nCipher's nShield Solo and Solo XC > +config HSM_NCIPHER_NSHIELD_SOLO > + tristate "nCipher Solo and Solo XC family of PCIe HSMs" > + depends on PCI > + help > + Select this as built-in or module if you expect to use > + a Hardware Security Module from nCipher's Solo or Solo XC range. > diff --git a/drivers/staging/ncipher/Makefile b/drivers/staging/ncipher/Makefile > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..b4d5f92addee > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/staging/ncipher/Makefile > @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > +# > +# Makefile for nCipher nShield HSM drivers > +# > + > +obj-$(CONFIG_HSM_NCIPHER_NSHIELD_SOLO) := nshield_solo.o > +nshield_solo-y := hostif.o fsl.o i21555.o > diff --git a/drivers/staging/ncipher/fsl.c b/drivers/staging/ncipher/fsl.c > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..5c4edeef64c0 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/staging/ncipher/fsl.c > @@ -0,0 +1,911 @@ > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ > +/* > + * > + * fsl.c: nCipher PCI HSM FSL command driver > + * Copyright 2019 nCipher Security Ltd > + * > + */ > + > +#include "solo.h" > +#include "fsl.h" > + > +/** > + * Resets FSL device. > + * > + * Extra device info is initialized the first time created. > + * > + * @param ndev common device. > + * @returns 0 if successful, other value if error. > + */ > +static int fsl_create(struct nfp_dev *ndev) > +{ > + /* check for device */ > + if (!ndev) { > + pr_err("%s: error: no device", __func__); > + return -ENODEV; > + } Patch is totally corrupted and could not be applied even if I wanted to :( Can you just use 'git send-email' to send patches out? web clients do not work at all (as you saw with your first attempt in html format...) thanks, greg k-h