netdev - Re: [Question] Does CONFIG_XFRM_OFFLOAD depends any other configs?

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Message-ID: <20240819180525.5996de13@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 18:05:25 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, Steffen Klassert
 <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Question] Does CONFIG_XFRM_OFFLOAD depends any other configs?

On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 08:58:51 +0800 Hangbin Liu wrote:
> > It's a hidden config option, not directly controlled by the user.
> > You should enable INET_ESP_OFFLOAD and INET6_ESP_OFFLOAD instead
> > (which "select" it)  
> 
> Thanks for your reply. How to know if an option is hide other than review all
> `make menuconfig` result?

If it has no description after bool or tristate -- it will be hidden

> Should we add a "depends on" for XFRM_OFFLOAD?

You need it in bonding? You should use select (but not that select
doesn't resolve dependencies, it only enables that single option).