linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Cavium ThunderX ZIP driver

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Message-ID: <20161227090227.GC10121@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Tue, 27 Dec 2016 17:02:27 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Jan Glauber <jglauber@...ium.com>
Cc:     linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Mahipal Challa <Mahipal.Challa@...ium.com>,
        Vishnu Nair <Vishnu.Nair@...ium.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Cavium ThunderX ZIP driver

Hi Jan:

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 04:04:36PM +0100, Jan Glauber wrote:
> 
> this series adds support for hardware accelerated compression & decompression
> as found on ThunderX (arm64) SOCs. I've been reviewing this driver internally
> for some time and would like to get feedback on the RFC to see if this goes
> into the right direction and to see if there are any concerns.
> 
> We've discussed switching to the new acomp algorithm but for the time being
> decided against acomp because our test cases are not yet supported with it.

OK.  Do you see any major problems in converting this over to acomp?

Thanks,
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