[PATCH 1/5] ARM: wire up HWCAP2 feature bits to the CPU modalias

[Ard Biesheuvel]

On 2 January 2017 at 23:40, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux at armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 02, 2017 at 09:06:04PM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> On 31 October 2016 at 16:13, Russell King - ARM Linux
>> <linux at armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
>> > On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 11:08:36AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> >> On 18 October 2016 at 11:52, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org> wrote:
>> >> > Wire up the generic support for exposing CPU feature bits via the
>> >> > modalias in /sys/device/system/cpu. This allows udev to automatically
>> >> > load modules for things like crypto algorithms that are implemented
>> >> > using optional instructions.
>> >> >
>> >> > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
>> >> > ---
>> >> >  arch/arm/Kconfig                  |  1 +
>> >> >  arch/arm/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++
>> >> >  2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Russell,
>> >>
>> >> do you have any concerns regarding this patch? If not, I will drop it
>> >> into the patch system.
>> >
>> > It's still something I need to look at... I've been offline last week,
>> > and sort-of offline the previous week, so I'm catching up.
>> >
>>
>> Hi Russell,
>>
>> Any thoughts yet?
>
> None, and the patch is well buried now that it'll take me a while to
> find... back in mid-October?  Yea, I'll have to drop everything and
> go digging through my mailboxes to find it... and I'm just catching
> up (again) after a week and a bit's time offline - yep, it's wonderful
> timing.  Sorry, no time to look at it right now, you're not the only
> one wanting my attention at the moment.
>

No worries. It is not exactly urgent, but it is a useful enhancement
nonetheless.

> Please try again in about a week's time - don't leave it a few months,
> and please include the patch.
>

OK