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

[Seth Forshee]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 04:29:51PM +0800, Ike Panhc wrote:
> 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

Doesn't look like we have this patche applied yet for groovy. Any
update?