linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH (v2)] crypto: Remove pointless padlock module

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Message-ID: <20070520024024.GB30113@redhat.com>
Date:	Sat, 19 May 2007 22:40:24 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
Cc:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	michal@...ix.cz, ioe-lkml@...eria.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH (v2)] crypto: Remove pointless padlock module

On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 08:28:17PM +0100, Simon Arlott wrote:

 > > BTW, I noticed that this prevented CRYPTO_ALGAPI from being marked as m
 > > since it was selected by CRYPTO_DEV_PADLOCK.  So I'm turning it into a
 > > tristate again.
 > 
 > It should be a bool that doesn't select anything, the AES and SHA modules 
 > will select CRYPTO_ALGAPI. It could also depend on MVIAC3_2 || MVIA_C7 
 > instead of X86_32.

Don't forget it's possible to build 'generic' x86 kernels, which would
also want this module.

	Dave

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