linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9] crypto: Add Allwinner Security System crypto accelerator

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Message-ID: <20150517094553.7fd8d8a0@bbrezillon>
Date:	Sun, 17 May 2015 09:45:53 +0200
From:	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
To:	LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] crypto: Add Allwinner Security System crypto
 accelerator

Hello Corentin,

On Thu, 14 May 2015 14:58:57 +0200
LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com> wrote:

> 
> Hello
> 
> This is the driver for the Security System included in Allwinner SoC A20.
> The Security System (SS for short) is a hardware cryptographic accelerator that
> support AES/MD5/SHA1/DES/3DES/PRNG algorithms.
> It could be found on others Allwinner SoC: 
> - A10, A10s, A13, A31 and A33 manual give the same datasheet for SS than A20
> - A23 speak about a security system but without precisions
> - A80 and A83T datasheet speak about a security system with more functions
>   (SHA224/SHA256/RSA/CRC), they will be supported in a separate driver
> But I do not have access on any of those hardware, tests are welcome.
> 

Maybe this is just a nitpick, but I would reverse the ordering of
patches in this series. The biggest inconsistency is the fact that
you're adding yourself as a maintainer of something that does not even
exist.

Best Regards,

Boris

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Boris Brezillon, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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