linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: remove Speck

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Date:   Tue, 7 Aug 2018 08:57:17 +0200
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     "open list:HARDWARE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR CORE" 
        <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Paul Crowley <paulcrowley@...gle.com>,
        Greg Kaiser <gkaiser@...gle.com>,
        Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@...gle.com>,
        Samuel Neves <samuel.c.p.neves@...il.com>,
        Tomer Ashur <tomer.ashur@...t.kuleuven.be>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: remove Speck

On 7 August 2018 at 08:22, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com> wrote:
> These are unused, undesired, and have never actually been used by
> anybody. The original authors of this code have changed their mind about
> its inclusion. While originally proposed for disk encryption on low-end
> devices, the idea was discarded [1] in favor of something else before
> that could really get going. Therefore, this patch removes Speck.
>
> [1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=153359499015659
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
> Acked-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>