linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.23-rc4-mm1

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Date:	Sun, 2 Sep 2007 09:46:10 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Satyam Sharma <satyam@...radead.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc4-mm1

On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 02:39:15AM +0530, Satyam Sharma wrote:
> 
> Tangential, but I've often wondered what are the upsides of keeping
> CONFIG_CRYPTO_ALGAPI as a separate config option in the first place? Every
> single item in crypto/ ends up "select"ing it (directly or transitively)
> so it makes all sense to just do away with it and keep it == CONFIG_CRYPTO
> in the Makefile, thusly:

NACK.  ALGAPI exists so that it can be built as a module, as
opposed to CRYPTO which is always built-in.  It's already
invisible to the user so I don't see why you have a problem
with it.

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