[PATCH 1/2] crypto: Delete Qualcomm crypto engine driver

Dmitry Baryshkov dmitry.baryshkov at oss.qualcomm.com
Sun May 24 09:42:59 PDT 2026


On Sat, May 23, 2026 at 03:03:56PM -0400, Demi Marie Obenour via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour at gmail.com>
> 
> It's slower than the generic C code and causes problems.

Which problems?

Also in the security world faster and safer are two orthogonal axis with
very limited correlation.


> 
> Signed-off-by: Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour at gmail.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                         |   8 -
>  arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig |   1 -
>  arch/arm64/configs/defconfig        |   1 -
>  drivers/crypto/Kconfig              | 111 -----
>  drivers/crypto/Makefile             |   1 -
>  drivers/crypto/qce/Makefile         |   9 -
>  drivers/crypto/qce/aead.c           | 841 ------------------------------------
>  drivers/crypto/qce/aead.h           |  56 ---
>  drivers/crypto/qce/cipher.h         |  56 ---
>  drivers/crypto/qce/common.c         | 595 -------------------------
>  drivers/crypto/qce/common.h         | 104 -----
>  drivers/crypto/qce/core.c           | 271 ------------
>  drivers/crypto/qce/core.h           |  64 ---
>  drivers/crypto/qce/dma.c            | 135 ------
>  drivers/crypto/qce/dma.h            |  47 --
>  drivers/crypto/qce/regs-v5.h        | 326 --------------
>  drivers/crypto/qce/sha.c            | 545 -----------------------
>  drivers/crypto/qce/sha.h            |  72 ---
>  drivers/crypto/qce/skcipher.c       | 529 -----------------------
>  19 files changed, 3772 deletions(-)
> 

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry



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