Re: [PATCH 5/6] dt-bindings: crypto: Add bindings for Starfive crypto driver

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Thu Dec 01 2022 - 04:27:44 EST


On 01/12/2022 10:01, JiaJie Ho wrote:

>>> +
>>> + enable-side-channel-mitigation:
>>> + description: Enable side-channel-mitigation feature for AES module.
>>> + Enabling this feature will affect the speed performance of
>>> + crypto engine.
>>> + type: boolean
>>
>> Why exactly this is a hardware (DT) property, not runtime?
>>
>
> This is a hardware setting provided in StarFive crypto engine only.
> The crypto API doesn't control this setting during runtime and leaving this always on will impact speed performance.
> So, I added this property to allow user to control this in dtb.

Devicetree should not describe policies, so without justification it
does not look like hardware property. Drop.


Best regards,
Krzysztof