[SRU][F][PATCH] UBUNTU: [Config] Disable hisi_sec2 temporarily

[Ike Panhc]

On 6/22/20 10:57 PM, Seth Forshee wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 03:29:24PM +0800, Ike Panhc wrote:
>> BugLink: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1867900
>>
>> We have several crypto accelerators for Hisilicon 1620
>> but unfortunately one of them is not mature and causes
>> stress-ng tests failure. Disabling hisi_sec2 makes
>> kernel to run crypto functions without accelerator.
>>
>> We don't have hisi_sec2 in Ubuntu kernel in 5.3 and
>> before, so this only blocks server certification after
>> Bionic HWE kernel rolls to 5.4 and with Focal kernel.
>>
>> We are working with Hisilicon to make sure the driver
>> work-able and then we can re-enable hisi_sec2.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ike Panhc <ike.pan at canonical.com>
> 
> Should this alos be applied for the 5.7/5.8 unstable kernels?
> 

I am going to test patch[1] and see how many threads it make hisi_sec2.

If that works, I will propose the patch as proper fix for focal, groovy and unstable. 

[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2020-June/110647.html