linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] crypto: disable tests when they are not enabled

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Date:	Mon, 24 May 2010 21:27:26 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Alexander Shishkin <virtuoso@...nd.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] crypto: disable tests when they are not enabled

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:35:24PM +0300, Alexander Shishkin wrote:
> Don't compile in and don't schedule cryptomanager's tests when
> CONFIG_CRYPTO_TESTS is not set. This saves quite some time during
> kernel initialization.

You're disabling the self-testing infrastructure.  This is not
the same thing as the tcrypt module.

Is this for fast booting?

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