linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] do not compile AMD Geode's hwcrypto driver as a module per default

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Message-ID: <20061023170931.GB21995@gollum.tnic>
Date:	Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:09:31 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <petkov@...h.uni-muenster.de>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	info-linux@...de.amd.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] do not compile AMD Geode's hwcrypto driver as a module per default

On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 12:25:05PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Sad, 2006-10-21 am 10:17 +0200, ysgrifennodd Borislav Petkov:
> > This one should be probably made dependent on some #define saying that the cpu
> > is an AMD and has the LX Geode crypto hardware built in. Turn it off for now.
> 
> That makes no real sense. Most kernel selections are "run on lots of
> processor types", we thus want as much as possible modular, built and
> available.
> 
> The existing defaults seem quite sane.


(sorry for the duplicate send but the yahoo mailserver is having problems :()

... should the duration of the the kernel compilation be prolonged then by 
unneeded modules? Does the majority of people really use that crypto hardware or
is it a small percentage only, we don't know but it also doesn't seem pretty sensible to do
'make oldconfig' and go and turn off all modules that I don't need/have by hand;
it gets quite annoying sometimes too.

-- 
Regards/Gruß,
    Boris.
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