linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] crypto: Add IV generation templates

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Message-ID: <20180719085412.5fxcanx364zten3b@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:54:12 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@...wei.com>,
        Milan Broz <gmazyland@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] crypto: Add IV generation templates

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 10:50:12AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>
> There seems to be some support for at least essiv(aes) in
> drivers/crypto/ccree/cc_cipher.c, is that compatible with your essiv(*)
> template, or is that something else?

Whatever it is it should be removed.  We should not be adding
hardware algorithms for which there is no software equivalent.

Thanks,
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