Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] [RFC] openssl: Enable cryptodev-linux by default

["Khem Raj" <raj.khem@gmail.com>]

On 1/28/21 1:35 PM, Tom Hochstein wrote:
> This is a Request for Comment. Would it be a good idea to enable cryptodev-linux
> by default, gaining hardware acceleration where supported? Are there any
> unacceptable drawbacks? What happens on hardware without acceleration?
> 

this perhaps helps with devices that include a hardware crypto device 
but not as much with one;s thats fine but we use qemu machines quite a 
bit in testing so it would be good to get a readout on qemu secondly, if 
it does not, then maybe we should see if defining it via 
MACHINE_FEATUREs might be an option to enable it.

> Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com>
> ---
>   meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_1.1.1i.bb | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_1.1.1i.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_1.1.1i.bb
> index 5617f337e0..d4c19f1a52 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_1.1.1i.bb
> +++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_1.1.1i.bb
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e8be6a35fe41d10603c3cc635e93289ed00bf34b79671a3a4de64fcee0
>   inherit lib_package multilib_header multilib_script ptest
>   MULTILIB_SCRIPTS = "${PN}-bin:${bindir}/c_rehash"
>   
> -PACKAGECONFIG ?= ""
> +PACKAGECONFIG ?= "cryptodev-linux"
>   PACKAGECONFIG_class-native = ""
>   PACKAGECONFIG_class-nativesdk = ""
>   
> 
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