Re: Initcall ordering problem (TTY vs modprobe vs MD5) and cryptomgr problem [LWN.net]

From:		Linus Torvalds <torvalds-AT-linux-foundation.org>
To:		Herbert Xu <herbert-AT-gondor.hengli.com.au>
Subject:		Re: Initcall ordering problem (TTY vs modprobe vs MD5) and cryptomgr problem
Date:		Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:20:02 -0700
Message-ID:		<AANLkTimVOkAi1_G9B290fHRR3PbV4H9003VarAv_zbGn@mail.gmail.com>
Cc:		David Howells <dhowells-AT-redhat.com>, gregkh-AT-suse.de, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto-AT-vger.kernel.org
Archive-link:		Article, Thread

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.hengli.com.au> wrote:
>
> Because it can save data.  Each cryptographic algorithm (such as
> AES) may have multiple impelmentations, some of which are hardware-
> based.

Umm. The _developer_ had better test the thing. That is absolutely
_zero_ excuse for then forcing every boot for every poor user to re-do
the test over and over again.

Guys, this comes up every single time: you as a developer may think
that your code is really important, but get over yourself already.
It's not so important that everybody must be forced to do it.

                      Linus

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