linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFC] crypto: Add platform dependencies for CRYPTO_DEV

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Date:   Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:43:23 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "open list:HARDWARE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR CORE" 
        <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] crypto: Add platform dependencies for CRYPTO_DEV_CCREE

Hi Arnd,

On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 9:53 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 8:14 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> The ARM TrustZone CryptoCell is found on ARM SoCs only.  Hence make it
>> depend on ARM or ARM64, unless compile-testing.
>>
>> Drop the dependency on HAS_DMA, as DMA is always available on ARM and
>> ARM64 platforms, and doing so will increase compile coverage.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
>> ---
>> Is ARM || ARM64 OK?
>> Or should this be limited to either ARM or ARM64? Or something else?
>
> ARM || ARM64 seems fine, but don't you need '|| (HAS_DMA && COMPILE_TEST)'?
>
> I assume the HAS_DMA dependency was added to prevent compile
> testing to run into a build error.

Probably it was. But in v4.17-rc1, dummies are present in the NO_DMA case,
so everything compile-tests fine.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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