Re: [PATCH 03/10] crypto: Add support for x86 cpuid auto loading forx86 crypto drivers

From: Dave Jones
Date: Mon Dec 19 2011 - 18:33:01 EST


On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 03:25:06PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> > > - if (!cpu_has_phe) {
> > > - printk(KERN_NOTICE PFX "VIA PadLock Hash Engine not detected.\n");
> > > - return -ENODEV;
> > > - }
> > > -
> > > - if (!cpu_has_phe_enabled) {
> > > - printk(KERN_NOTICE PFX "VIA PadLock detected, but not enabled. Hmm, strange...\n");
> > > + if (!x86_match_cpu(padlock_sha_ids) || !cpu_has_phe_enabled)
> > > return -ENODEV;
> > > - }
> >
> > don't we want to keep the printk ?
> >
> > Seems that if it's been disabled by the BIOS for some reason, it will now
> > silently fail instead of printing a nice warning.
>
> The first printk is insanely annoying, because the end result is that we
> get a printk of all the crypto engines that are *not* enabled...
> arguably it would be somewhat nice to get a printk when a crypto engine
> *is* enabled.

Sorry, I just meant the second printk, which should hopefully not get
printed by default.

Dave

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