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

[Ike Panhc]

On 6/23/20 3:34 PM, Ike Panhc wrote:
> 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
> 

Sorry, wrong link. This is the correct link of patch

[1] https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org/msg43093.html