2007-05-18 06:45:47

by Herbert Xu

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Subject: Re: [PATCH (v2)] crypto: Remove pointless padlock module

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:01:10AM +0100, Simon Arlott wrote:
> When this is compiled in it is run too early to do anything useful:
> [ 6.052000] padlock: No VIA PadLock drivers have been loaded.
> [ 6.052000] padlock: Using VIA PadLock ACE for AES algorithm.
> [ 6.052000] padlock: Using VIA PadLock ACE for SHA1/SHA256 algorithms.
>
> When it's a module it isn't doing anything special, the same functionality
> can be provided in userspace by "probeall padlock padlock-aes padlock-sha"
> in modules.conf if it is required.

BTW, I noticed that this prevented CRYPTO_ALGAPI from being marked as m
since it was selected by CRYPTO_DEV_PADLOCK. So I'm turning it into a
tristate again.

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d158325e407864793c5b0fbc85c74702753333b9
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/Kconfig b/drivers/crypto/Kconfig
index e678a33..bb90cbd 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
menu "Hardware crypto devices"

config CRYPTO_DEV_PADLOCK
- bool "Support for VIA PadLock ACE"
+ tristate "Support for VIA PadLock ACE"
depends on X86_32
select CRYPTO_ALGAPI
- default y
+ default m
help
Some VIA processors come with an integrated crypto engine
(so called VIA PadLock ACE, Advanced Cryptography Engine)


2007-05-19 19:28:35

by Simon Arlott

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Subject: Re: [PATCH (v2)] crypto: Remove pointless padlock module

On 18/05/07 07:45, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:01:10AM +0100, Simon Arlott wrote:
>> When this is compiled in it is run too early to do anything useful:
>> [ 6.052000] padlock: No VIA PadLock drivers have been loaded.
>> [ 6.052000] padlock: Using VIA PadLock ACE for AES algorithm.
>> [ 6.052000] padlock: Using VIA PadLock ACE for SHA1/SHA256 algorithms.
>>
>> When it's a module it isn't doing anything special, the same functionality
>> can be provided in userspace by "probeall padlock padlock-aes padlock-sha"
>> in modules.conf if it is required.
>
> BTW, I noticed that this prevented CRYPTO_ALGAPI from being marked as m
> since it was selected by CRYPTO_DEV_PADLOCK. So I'm turning it into a
> tristate again.

It should be a bool that doesn't select anything, the AES and SHA modules
will select CRYPTO_ALGAPI. It could also depend on MVIAC3_2 || MVIA_C7
instead of X86_32.

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2007-05-20 02:41:14

by Dave Jones

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Subject: Re: [PATCH (v2)] crypto: Remove pointless padlock module

On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 08:28:17PM +0100, Simon Arlott wrote:

> > BTW, I noticed that this prevented CRYPTO_ALGAPI from being marked as m
> > since it was selected by CRYPTO_DEV_PADLOCK. So I'm turning it into a
> > tristate again.
>
> It should be a bool that doesn't select anything, the AES and SHA modules
> will select CRYPTO_ALGAPI. It could also depend on MVIAC3_2 || MVIA_C7
> instead of X86_32.

Don't forget it's possible to build 'generic' x86 kernels, which would
also want this module.

Dave

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2007-05-20 03:16:18

by Herbert Xu

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Subject: Re: [PATCH (v2)] crypto: Remove pointless padlock module

On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 08:28:17PM +0100, Simon Arlott wrote:
>
> It should be a bool that doesn't select anything, the AES and SHA modules
> will select CRYPTO_ALGAPI. It could also depend on MVIAC3_2 || MVIA_C7
> instead of X86_32.

Having it as a tristate means that we don't have to duplicate the
dependencies and selects that each padlock algorithm would otherwise
do. So is there actually a problem with it being a tristate?

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2007-05-20 06:54:36

by Simon Arlott

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Subject: Re: [PATCH (v2)] crypto: Remove pointless padlock module

On 20/05/07 04:15, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 08:28:17PM +0100, Simon Arlott wrote:
>> It should be a bool that doesn't select anything, the AES and SHA modules
>> will select CRYPTO_ALGAPI. It could also depend on MVIAC3_2 || MVIA_C7
>> instead of X86_32.
>
> Having it as a tristate means that we don't have to duplicate the
> dependencies and selects that each padlock algorithm would otherwise
> do. So is there actually a problem with it being a tristate?

It has nothing to compile as a module, so M makes no sense. Each algorithm
already selects CRYPTO_ALGAPI indirectly.

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