From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1091B3A16A8; Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:28:53 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787074134; cv=none; b=qmuFy5h+76CD9byn5+v6NV/1rupGRATg/J1zESE1JQZzas8FYkaPTKOkph0YSZDLtqsHHur5p9R5eYGHOM6yj8nRKxuTo9XUhyJrP1+MmhMCHrTYtacERRX7QS2qOu+wQlPOXMyzNXRrbiZ5kkZxw8eyC4b3FEKFGxuxtFoHKNc= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787074134; c=relaxed/simple; bh=aKjBOxJtOHKblwAzAWzMUqs1vCve5EaCbczrRaM6B/k=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=ObarHDcunJvGMhpWIEKNRIdKHF07V9pjrUVpBl3dwwvoLFdFc7DK/GdWcxdN1qarAjNpvCEfDOlJTatIzpMVH1SC10hB8KGZQLOCgx8xlDES3KZMvtuq5NdFMh5ecdeVIdg/dSnVWUhUbHglVFe3UavyjZ83SFu3+HwzhJmexFo= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=REKqc2iY; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="REKqc2iY" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3B1501F000E9; Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:28:52 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1787074132; bh=AMvLvIwbvWaYzLcJbfayRyV/WoDk+sWkmCQsUDLN0n8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=REKqc2iY/htqJhgqKsL8pcaEqAhF7auDkGxai0FDSb6fO8y3KkGYBRJy61J1TO/R/ tAnSkgFglOjcrU1a+dCTUE0Ib+pUsccgBRrusylJ1olxB1bPsWnwqNudOH1T0ALLJn HFJwJBEY6yrXYlS2ZHc1Ex7kitcNxsVArxhaMRUGDuFwpkMldd90E0Fiw4AwA/NUqb 2KB/9sdWA2i6HdFGzGF/3fmWARD8Ch8DdyFnINiYPm8JhAEJ4ziiI8nN9TDo/dbazX wQWlXRUvcf1NdJIAObEMe5ACOWTWPtkFOhXWK6Tm6VGl3vjgwE1O0AB5IjzgcpO9px 74gyENQhlRBIw== Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:28:50 -0700 From: Eric Biggers To: Chenghai Huang Cc: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, davem@davemloft.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, xuwei5@huawei.com, prime.zeng@hisilicon.com, liulongfang@huawei.com, qianweili@huawei.com, wangzhou1@hisilicon.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: hisilicon/sec - remove SEC crypto block cipher accelerator Message-ID: <20260818172850.GC2249@quark> References: <20260818083132.1860726-1-huangchenghai2@huawei.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260818083132.1860726-1-huangchenghai2@huawei.com> On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 04:31:32PM +0800, Chenghai Huang wrote: > The Hisilicon SEC crypto cipher accelerator has been superseded > by the newer SEC2 driver (drivers/crypto/hisilicon/sec2/). SEC2 > provides wider algorithm coverage and is the maintained path forward, > and users have migrated to it. > > The legacy SEC driver has had no active users for some time, and its > primary maintainer, Jonathan Cameron, has moved on from Huawei and > is no longer in a position to maintain it. With thanks to Jonathan > for his contributions to this driver over the years, and with no one > left to keep it up to date, remove it from the tree. > > This drops the legacy SEC driver together with all of its residual > configuration, devicetree binding and board description references: > > - drivers/crypto/hisilicon/sec/ > - CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_HISI_SEC Kconfig option > - sec/ entry from drivers/crypto/hisilicon/Makefile > - Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/hisilicon,hip06-sec.yaml > - hisilicon,hip07-sec device nodes and their supporting mbigen_alg / > smmu_alg infrastructure from arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hip07.dtsi > > Signed-off-by: Chenghai Huang Acked-by: Eric Biggers You might also need an ack from a devicetree maintainer for dropping the devicetree binding, though. They sometimes like to keep the bindings around even with no driver for some reason. - Eric