On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM Qunqin Zhao <zhaoqun...@loongson.cn> wrote:
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> 在 2025/4/30 下午4:18, Herbert Xu 写道:
> > On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 04:14:40PM +0800, Qunqin Zhao wrote:
> >> Sorry to bother you, may i ask is it fine to move  the Security Engine base
> >> driver[Patch v8 1/5] to drivers/crypto ?
> >>
> >> The base driver uses MFD  interface  to register child device(tpm, rng) , 
> >> as
> >> done in
> >>
> >> "drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_dev.c" and
> >> "drivers/firmware/xilinx/zynqmp.c".
> >>
> >> Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you.
> > I don't mind at this point in time.  But if this driver were to
> > develop features way outside of the Crypto API in future then I
> > may change my mind.
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> Hi, Herbert, thanks for your reply.
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> In future it just add child platform devices  name(sm2, sm3, sm4) to
> "struct  mfd_cell engines".
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> Hi, Huaci
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> Let's go via Herbert's crypto tree for the base driver patch under
> drivers/crypto/loongson/,
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> What do you think of it?
In my opinion drivers/mfd is better, because another user is in
drivers/char rather than drivers/crypto.

But if moving to drivers/crypto is what Lee Jones wants, then everything is OK.

Huacai

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> BR, Qunqin.
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> >
> > Thanks,
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