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Date:   Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:39:42 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
To:     Iuliana Prodan <iuliana.prodan@nxp.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] crypto: engine - support for parallel requests
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 01:25:50AM +0000, Iuliana Prodan wrote:
> 
> Given your suggestion, I’m thinking of implementing do_one_request, in 
> the driver, to return -IN_PROGRESS if the hw can enqueue more and -EBUSY 
> if otherwise (solution 1). But, this implies to update all the drivers 
> that use crypto-engine (something I wouldn’t mind doing, but I don’t 
> have the hw to test it).

We could always maintain a legacy interface for existing drivers
until they are all converted.

Thanks,
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