[AES] Add module alias to x86_64 implementation

On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 12:16:18AM -0400, James Morris wrote:
>
> > > I cant test it due to lack of hardware. Will find someone who does.
> > > modprobe aes is done by openswan, works on ppc, i386, but not on x86_64.
> > 
> > This works, tested it. modprobe -v aes
> > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.13-rc6-3-default/kernel/arch/x86_64/crypto/aes-x86_64.ko 
> 
> It looks the same as the i386 version, so probably ok.

It looks good to me too.  Andrew, please add this to 2.6.13:

Subject: [AES] Add module alias to x86_64 implementation
From: Olaf Hering <[email protected]>

modprobe aes does not work on x86_64. i386 has a similar line,

Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>

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diff --git a/arch/x86_64/crypto/aes.c b/arch/x86_64/crypto/aes.c
--- a/arch/x86_64/crypto/aes.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/crypto/aes.c
@@ -322,3 +322,4 @@ module_exit(aes_fini);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Rijndael (AES) Cipher Algorithm");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("aes");

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