> -----Original Message----- > From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2022 12:41 AM > To: Varun Sethi <V.Sethi@xxxxxxx> > Cc: herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Vabhav Sharma > <vabhav.sharma@xxxxxxx>; Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@xxxxxxx>; > Gaurav Jain <gaurav.jain@xxxxxxx>; linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Fabio > Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [EXT] [PATCH v2] crypto: caam - fix i.MX6SX entropy delay value > > Caution: EXT Email > > Hi Varun, > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 3:00 PM Varun Sethi <V.Sethi@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi Fabio, > > Vabhav is working on a fix for the Linux driver. He would be introducing a > new property in the CAAM device tree node, which would be used for > specifying the entropy delay value. This would make the solution generic. > This property is optional. > > Unfortunately, a devicetree property solution via optional property would > not work. > > Such a solution would not be backported to stable kernels and people > running old devicetree with new kernels would still face the problem. Please elaborate and specify the version for kernel, devicetree > > This problem is seen since kernel 5.10, so we need a kernel-only fix. Kernel 5.10 support devicetree, Do you mean customer using kernel without device tree? > > Thanks
