linux-kernel - Re: crypto: img-hash - undefined Kconfig symbols

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Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:02:14 +0000
From:	James Hartley <James.Hartley@...tec.com>
To:	Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@...il.com>
CC:	"abrestic@...omium.org" <abrestic@...omium.org>,
	"herbert@...dor.apana.org.au" <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>,
	"Andreas Ruprecht" <rupran@...server.de>,
	hengelein Stefan <stefan.hengelein@....de>
Subject: Re: crypto: img-hash - undefined Kconfig symbols

Hi Valentin,


> On 18 Mar 2015, at 01:35, Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> your commit d358f1abbf71 ("crypto: img-hash - Add Imagination
> Technologies hw hash accelerator") adds two selects on undefined
> Kconfig symbols, namely CRYPTO_ALG_API and CRYPTO_SHA224.
> 
> The first symbols looks like a typo since there is an option
> CRYPTO_ALGAPI defined in crypto/Kconfig.  

Yes, that's a typo - it should be CRYPTO_ALGAPI

> However, I do not find a
> companion for CRYPTO_SHA224.  Is there a patch scheduled somewhere
> that adds this option?

No, I think that option is just incorrect and should be removed.

> 
> I detected your commit in today's Linux next tree by running
> ./scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py.  Git commit 92503ee4ada1
> ("checkkconfigsymbols.py: make it Git aware") added the functionality
> to check Git commits and diff commits for such undefined symbols.

Great, I'll use it in future. Thanks for the notification. 

> 
> Kind regards,
> Valentin

Herbert: should I send you a patch to address the issues above, or resubmit the series with the fixes incorporated?

Thanks
James --
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