Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:41:44 -0600 | From | Kim Phillips <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Crypto: Talitos: Support for Async_tx XOR offload |
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On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:04:58 +0530 Vishnu Suresh <Vishnu@freescale.com> wrote:
> Expose Talitos's XOR functionality to be used for > RAID Parity calculation via the Async_tx layer. > > Known Issue: > When used with fsldma, random crashes are observed > on some platforms. Hence, inter-operability with fsldma > is currently disabled > > Thanks to Surender Kumar and Lee Nipper for their help in > realising this driver > > Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@freescale.com> > Signed-off-by: Dipen Dudhat <Dipen.Dudhat@freescale.com> > Signed-off-by: Maneesh Gupta <Maneesh.Gupta@freescale.com> > Signed-off-by: Vishnu Suresh <Vishnu@freescale.com> > --- > Changes with respect to v1 as per comments received > o. Rebased to linux-next as of 20091216 > o. The selection is based exclusive of fsldma > o. Intoduced a new Kernel Configuration variable > *. This enables selecting the Cryptographic functionality > of Talitos along with fsldma. > *. Disables the XOR parity calculation offload, if fsldma enabled > either as kernel in-built or as a module > *. Once the inter-operability with fsldma is resolved, this option > can be removed
wait, why can't the interoperability bug be fixed in the first place?
Kim
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