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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] crypto: engine - Permit to enqueue skcipher request

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Am Dienstag, 6. Juni 2017, 15:44:17 CEST schrieb Corentin Labbe:

Hi Corentin,

> The crypto engine could actually only enqueue hash and ablkcipher request.
> This patch permit it to enqueue skcipher requets by adding all necessary
> functions.
> The only problem is that ablkcipher and skcipher id are the same, so
> only one cipher type is usable on the same crypto engine.

Why do you think this is needed? I thought that skcipher is the successor to 
ablkcipher AND blkcipher. I.e. ablkcipher and blkcipher should be phased out. 
Thus, I would infer that any ablkcipher support should or could be dropped.

Ciao
Stephan

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[PATCH v2 0/2] crypto: engine - Permit to enqueue skcipher request Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com> - 2017-06-06 15:50 +0200
  [PATCH v2 2/2] crypto: engine - Permit to enqueue skcipher request Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com> - 2017-06-06 15:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] crypto: engine - Permit to enqueue skcipher request Stephan Müller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2017-06-06 16:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] crypto: engine - Permit to enqueue skcipher  request Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com> - 2017-06-06 16:30 +0200

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