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

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Date:	Sun, 20 May 2007 13:15:50 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
Cc:	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:
> 
> 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.

Having it as a tristate means that we don't have to duplicate the
dependencies and selects that each padlock algorithm would otherwise
do.  So is there actually a problem with it being a tristate?

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