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Message-ID: <81aac5ff-8698-4059-92a2-bccb998eb000@infradead.org>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 21:50:57 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
 linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] lib/crc: remove unnecessary prompt for CONFIG_CRC32
 and drop 'default y'



On 4/1/25 8:51 PM, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 08:42:41PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> Hi 
>>
>> On 4/1/25 3:15 PM, Eric Biggers wrote:
>>> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
>>>
>>> All modules that need CONFIG_CRC32 already select it, so there is no
>>> need to bother users about the option, nor to default it to y.
>>>
>>
>> My memory from 10-20 years ago could be foggy, but ISTR that someone made at least
>> CRC16 and CRC32 user-selectable in order to support out-of-tree modules...
>> FWIW.
>> But they would not need to be default y.
> 
> That's not supported by upstream, though.

Which part is not supported by upstream?

-- 
~Randy


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