Re: [PATCH 2/2] siw: Add support for CRC32C offload instruction using libcrypto crc32c-intel

["Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@linux-iscsi.org>]

On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 16:06 -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 02:38:31PM -0700, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> 
> > So I think the main bit here is the ability to request
> > crc32c-intel.ko first, and then fall back to crc32c.ko when the
> > former is not available on CONFIG_X86.
> 
> Well, it is what Andi said, everything is working fine but there is no
> mechanism to autoload the accelerated crypto module. If you did
> modprobe crc32c_intel prior to loading your driver it would
> automatically get crc32c-intel when it asks for crc32c since it is
> loaded and a higher priority.
> 

Ah, OK.  I see what you mean now here wrt to libcrypto priorities and
crc32c + crc32c_intel modules.   My apologies for the in-experience with
libcrypto here..

> So, the drivers are correct to just request crc32c .. The work around
> to limited autoprobing is so trivial (modprob crc32_intel) I'm not
> sure including extra autoprobing code in the drivers is worthwhile?
> 

Indeed, I am happy to drop this patch if Bernard would be nice enough to
add a 'modprobe crc32_intel' into the SIW scripts.

Thanks for your comments Jason!

--nab