* Re: [PATCH] crypto: hisilicon/sec - remove SEC crypto block cipher accelerator
[not found] <20260818083132.1860726-1-huangchenghai2@huawei.com>
@ 2026-08-19 3:55 ` Wei Xu
0 siblings, 0 replies; only message in thread
From: Wei Xu @ 2026-08-19 3:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chenghai Huang, herbert, davem
Cc: linux-kernel, linux-crypto, xuwei5, prime.zeng, liulongfang,
qianweili, wangzhou1, devicetree, linux-arm-kernel, Rob Herring
Hi Chenghai,
On 2026/8/18 16:31, Chenghai Huang wrote:
> The Hisilicon SEC crypto cipher accelerator has been superseded
> by the newer SEC2 driver (drivers/crypto/hisilicon/sec2/). SEC2
> provides wider algorithm coverage and is the maintained path forward,
> and users have migrated to it.
>
> The legacy SEC driver has had no active users for some time, and its
> primary maintainer, Jonathan Cameron, has moved on from Huawei and
> is no longer in a position to maintain it. With thanks to Jonathan
> for his contributions to this driver over the years, and with no one
> left to keep it up to date, remove it from the tree.
>
> This drops the legacy SEC driver together with all of its residual
> configuration, devicetree binding and board description references:
>
> - drivers/crypto/hisilicon/sec/
> - CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_HISI_SEC Kconfig option
> - sec/ entry from drivers/crypto/hisilicon/Makefile
> - Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/hisilicon,hip06-sec.yaml
> - hisilicon,hip07-sec device nodes and their supporting mbigen_alg /
> smmu_alg infrastructure from arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hip07.dtsi
>
> Signed-off-by: Chenghai Huang <huangchenghai2@huawei.com>
> ---
> .../bindings/crypto/hisilicon,hip06-sec.yaml | 134 --
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hip07.dtsi | 280 ----
Since no active users, it is fine to me to drop the dts part as well.
Acked-by: Wei Xu <xuwei5@hisilicon.com>
Best Regards,
Wei
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] only message in thread