linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] x86: remove always-defined CONFIG_AS

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Date:   Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:50:00 -0600
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     sedat.dilek@...il.com
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Allison Randal <allison@...utok.net>,
        Armijn Hemel <armijn@...ldur.nl>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        Zhengyuan Liu <liuzhengyuan@...inos.cn>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] x86: remove always-defined CONFIG_AS_* options

On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 3:53 AM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com> wrote:
> Hi Jason,
> I have not checked your Kconfig changes are really working, especially
> I looked at [2] and comment on this.
>
> I would have expected your arch/x86/Kconfig.assembler file as
> arch/x86/crypto/Kconfig (source include needs to be adapted in
> arch/x86/Kconfig).

CONFIG_AS_* is required for more than just the crypto.

> What about a commit subject like "x86: crypto: Probe assembler options
> via Kconfig instead of makefile"?

Thanks. Will fix silly verbiage and update branch.

Jason