Re: [PATCH] Documentation: crypto: add info about "fips=" boot option

2021-03-29 Thread Herbert Xu
On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:00:45PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 3/29/21 9:37 PM, Herbert Xu wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 09:00:01PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > >> > >> + If fips_enabled = 1, some crypto tests are skipped. > > > > I don't think any tests are skipped. It

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: crypto: add info about "fips=" boot option

2021-03-29 Thread Randy Dunlap
On 3/29/21 9:37 PM, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 09:00:01PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: >> >> +If fips_enabled = 1, some crypto tests are skipped. > > I don't think any tests are skipped. It does however disable > many algorithms by essentially failing them at th

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: crypto: add info about "fips=" boot option

2021-03-29 Thread Herbert Xu
On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 09:00:01PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > + If fips_enabled = 1, some crypto tests are skipped. I don't think any tests are skipped. It does however disable many algorithms by essentially failing them at the testing stage. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu

[PATCH] Documentation: crypto: add info about "fips=" boot option

2021-03-29 Thread Randy Dunlap
Having just seen a report of using "fips=1" on the kernel command line, I could not find it documented anywhere, so add some help for it. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Dexuan Cui Cc: linux-cry...@vger.kernel.org Cc: Eric Biggers Cc: Herbert Xu Cc: "David S. Miller" Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: