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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
To: "Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab-IzHhD5pYlfBP7FQvKIMDCQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-kernel
	<linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	netdev <netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-rdma <linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	Bernard Metzler <BMT-OA+xvbQnYDHMbYB6QlFGEg@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] siw: Add support for CRC32C offload instruction using libcrypto crc32c-intel
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:06:11 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100922220611.GL11157@obsidianresearch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1285191511.1849.126.camel-Y1+j5t8j3WgjMeEPmliV8E/sVC8ogwMJ@public.gmane.org>

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.

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?

Jason
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-09-22 22:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-22 20:30 [PATCH 2/2] siw: Add support for CRC32C offload instruction using libcrypto crc32c-intel Nicholas A. Bellinger
     [not found] ` <1285187425-10950-1-git-send-email-nab-IzHhD5pYlfBP7FQvKIMDCQ@public.gmane.org>
2010-09-22 20:39   ` Andi Kleen
2010-09-22 20:38     ` Nicholas A. Bellinger
     [not found]       ` <1285187901.1849.85.camel-Y1+j5t8j3WgjMeEPmliV8E/sVC8ogwMJ@public.gmane.org>
2010-09-22 20:59         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2010-09-22 21:00           ` Nicholas A. Bellinger
2010-09-22 21:18             ` Jason Gunthorpe
2010-09-22 21:38               ` Nicholas A. Bellinger
     [not found]                 ` <1285191511.1849.126.camel-Y1+j5t8j3WgjMeEPmliV8E/sVC8ogwMJ@public.gmane.org>
2010-09-22 22:06                   ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
2010-09-22 22:36                     ` Nicholas A. Bellinger
2010-09-23 15:31                       ` Bernard Metzler

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