Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] rust: crypto: library AES-128 / SHA-256 / HMAC + RSA
From: Miguel Ojeda
Date: Wed Jun 17 2026 - 11:28:57 EST
On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM Mike Lothian <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Both were factored out of an out-of-tree in-kernel Rust DisplayLink DL3
> dock driver (which needs SHA/HMAC/AES for HDCP 2.2 and RSA for the AKE),
> but the module is generic. Compile-tested in-tree against drm-next.
Same question as in the other patch series you just sent: is this only
expected for an out-of-tree driver? Maintainers generally cannot take
dead code, unless there is a good justification behind it -- is the
driver expected to land upstream? Do you have a link to the code?
Thanks!
Cheers,
Miguel