linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 13/15] crypto: iaa - Add support for default IAA 'canned' compression mode

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Message-ID: <ZG3dpbPlRXbF2ZxN@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Wed, 24 May 2023 17:49:25 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, fenghua.yu@...el.com, vkoul@...nel.org,
        dave.jiang@...el.com, tony.luck@...el.com,
        wajdi.k.feghali@...el.com, james.guilford@...el.com,
        kanchana.p.sridhar@...el.com, giovanni.cabiddu@...el.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 13/15] crypto: iaa - Add support for default IAA
 'canned' compression mode

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 04:50:07PM -0500, Tom Zanussi wrote:
.
> To choose 'fixed' mode:
> 
>   echo "fixed" >  /sys/bus/dsa/drivers/crypto/compression_mode
> 
> To choose 'canned' mode:
> 
>   echo "canned" >  /sys/bus/dsa/drivers/crypto/compression_mode

This seems to be a strange way to switch modes.  How about just
registering both algorithms and then let the user decide which
one to use throught the algorithm name?

Thanks,
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