linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] remove 'platform' shared NX driver

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:20:02 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] remove 'platform' shared NX driver

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 02:26:30PM -0400, Dan Streetman wrote:
> The shared 'platform' driver module isn't needed, the platform drivers
> can directly register with crypto instead.  It only adds unneeded
> complexity and problems.
> 
> The first 4 patches are minor updates/bugfixes to the pSeries driver.
> 
> The 5th patch is a minor update to the NX crypto driver.
> 
> The last 3 patches merge the crypto and common code driver, and move
> the crypto compression driver registration into the platform (pSeries
> and PowerNV) drivers.  Both platform drivers use the same alg name and
> driver name when registering, but since only one (at most) will register
> on a system, depending on the platform, their registration will not
> conflict.

All applied.  Thanks!
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