linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] padlock: don't whinge when loaded on a non-VIA cpu

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Date:	Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:58:21 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	kyle@...artin.ca (Kyle McMartin)
Cc:	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, kyle@...artin.ca, kmcmartin@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] padlock: don't whinge when loaded on a non-VIA cpu

Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca> wrote:
> 
> I completely agree, but I don't know anything about Centaur cpuids...
> 
> Something like this might suffice:

Please base your patch on top of cryptodev-2.6 which already has
a fix on this from Jeremy Katz.  Also I suggest you either remove
the printk completely or invert it so that it prints something
when the hardware is detected.

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