linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/crypto/nx: Add CRC and validation support for nx842

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Message-ID: <20150923095401.GA20580@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:54:01 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>
Cc:	Haren Myneni <haren@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Haren Myneni <hbabu@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/crypto/nx: Add CRC and validation support for
 nx842

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 11:08:22AM -0400, Dan Streetman wrote:
>
> you think we should just strip out the 842-nx alignment/sizing code
> and change it to fallback to the sw driver?

Right, if the only intended user can provide aligned input then
by all means make the unaligned case use the software fallback as
there is no point in investing any effort in making it fast.

Cheers,
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