On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 22:39 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On 9/22/2010 10:30 PM, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote: > > From: Nicholas Bellinger<[email protected]> > > > > This patch updates siw_create_qp() to check for the CONFIG_X86 + > > cpu_has_xmm4_2 > > dependent use of the CRC32C instruction offload using libcrypto > > crc32c-intel.ko. > > This patch will by default use crc32c-intel when available, and fall back > > to the > > legacy slicing by 1x libcrypto crc32c.ko code when the instruction offload > > is not > > availabe. > > I don't think every caller should handle checks like this. The crypto > layer should load the right driver > instead and provide the best driver under a generic algorithm name. >
Indeed, this would clean up the explict RX/TX CRC32C case quite a bit.. Unfortuately I am too busy with other items atm to cook up this patch, but I would be happy to test it if someone wants to take it. ;) > Need CPUID module auto probing. I have an older patch that needs some fixes. > Hmm, I don't see how that fits in here exactly. Would you mind elaborating a bit..? Thanks! --nab -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
