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Date:	Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:18:08 -0600
From:	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
To:	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-rdma <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
	Bernard Metzler <BMT@...ich.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] siw: Add support for CRC32C offload instruction
	using libcrypto crc32c-intel

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On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 02:00:41PM -0700, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 14:59 -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 01:38:21PM -0700, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> > 
> > > Indeed, this would clean up the explict RX/TX CRC32C case quite a
> > > bit..  Unfortuately I am too busy with other items atm to cook up
> > > this patch, but I would be happy to test it if someone wants to take
> > > it.  ;)
> > 
> > Do you even need to do anything at all? crc32c is provided by
> > crc32c-intel at a higher priority already, so it should be used if it
> > is available..
> 
> I believe with the current libcrypto code that consumers are still
> required to explictly ask for crc32c-intel offload.

Really? It all looks OK to me.. What does your /proc/crypto say on a
system with crc32c-intel support?

Jason
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