RE: [-mm patch] the ASYNC_* options shouldn't be user visible

From: Williams, Dan J
Date: Mon Jun 04 2007 - 14:25:19 EST


> From: Williams, Dan J
> >
> > BTW: Please move the async_tx directory under drivers/ or lib/
> >
One caveat with this... md.o needs xor.o to be initialized first.
Moving xor.o under lib/ means this assumption is broken since the
top-level Makefile puts 'libs' after 'drivers'.

> Yes, I was feeling somewhat exposed with the options in the top level
config,
> but at least it got a few more eyes on the code. I will fold in your
patch
> and move async_tx under lib/ for now, but at some point I would like
to
> investigate the potential synergies with crypto/.
>

Herbert can I move async_tx under crypto since the engines I am working
with have support for algorithms like CRC32C and Galois Field Multiply
(raid6 p+q)?
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