On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:04:58 +0530 Vishnu Suresh <Vishnu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Expose Talitos's XOR functionality to be used for > RAID Parity calculation via the Async_tx layer. > > Known Issue: > When used with fsldma, random crashes are observed > on some platforms. Hence, inter-operability with fsldma > is currently disabled > > Thanks to Surender Kumar and Lee Nipper for their help in > realising this driver > > Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Dipen Dudhat <Dipen.Dudhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Maneesh Gupta <Maneesh.Gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Vishnu Suresh <Vishnu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Changes with respect to v1 as per comments received > o. Rebased to linux-next as of 20091216 > o. The selection is based exclusive of fsldma > o. Intoduced a new Kernel Configuration variable > *. This enables selecting the Cryptographic functionality > of Talitos along with fsldma. > *. Disables the XOR parity calculation offload, if fsldma enabled > either as kernel in-built or as a module > *. Once the inter-operability with fsldma is resolved, this option > can be removed wait, why can't the interoperability bug be fixed in the first place? Kim -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
