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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/driver-api/crypto/iaa')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/crypto/iaa/iaa-crypto.rst | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/crypto/iaa/iaa-crypto.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/crypto/iaa/iaa-crypto.rst index bba40158dd5c..8e50b900d51c 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/crypto/iaa/iaa-crypto.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/crypto/iaa/iaa-crypto.rst @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ The available attributes are: echo async_irq > /sys/bus/dsa/drivers/crypto/sync_mode Async mode without interrupts (caller must poll) can be enabled by - writing 'async' to it:: + writing 'async' to it (please see Caveat):: echo async > /sys/bus/dsa/drivers/crypto/sync_mode @@ -283,6 +283,13 @@ The available attributes are: The default mode is 'sync'. + Caveat: since the only mechanism that iaa_crypto currently implements + for async polling without interrupts is via the 'sync' mode as + described earlier, writing 'async' to + '/sys/bus/dsa/drivers/crypto/sync_mode' will internally enable the + 'sync' mode. This is to ensure correct iaa_crypto behavior until true + async polling without interrupts is enabled in iaa_crypto. + .. _iaa_default_config: IAA Default Configuration |