Re: [PATCH] sha: Enable cpuid check for Intel SHA extensions implementations

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Thu, 20 Aug 2015, Tim Chen wrote:
> From: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH] sha: Enable cpuid check for Intel SHA extensions implementations

   sha: is not a proper subsystem name

   x86/cpufeatures: is the correct one

>  Enable cpuid check for Intel SHA extensions implementations

This patch does not enable any checks. It merily adds the feature bit.
 
> The Intel Secure Hash Algorithm Extensions are designed to improve the performance
> of SHA-1 and SHA-256. This patch adds the check for X86_FEATURE_SHA_NI bit.

Again there is no check.

> This will allow the feature to be shown in the /proc/cpuinfo.
> 
> The SHA extension programming guide is found in chapter 8 of the Intel
> Architecture Instruction Set Extensions Programming reference:
> https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/07/b7/319433-023.pdf
> 
> Originally-by: Chandramouli Narayanan <mouli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

So Mouli left the company. What's the point of having his Intel mail
address here and in the Cc list?

Thanks,

	tglx
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