linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] crypto: ccree: drop signature register check

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Date:   Thu, 17 May 2018 15:54:17 +0300
From:   Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
To:     Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
        Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
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        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] crypto: ccree: drop signature register check

Herbert,

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 3:29 PM, Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com> wrote:
> We were using the content of the signature register as a sanity
> check for the hardware functioning but it turns out not all
> implementers use the same values so the check is giving false
> negative on certain SoCs and so we drop it.
>

Please drop this patch. I have found a better fix and will send a v2 soon.

Thanks,
Gilad


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Gilad Ben-Yossef
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