From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] lib/crc: remove unnecessary prompt for CONFIG_CRC32 and drop 'default y'
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 01:36:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z--Z9HtsGbpGin9K@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b5589b7d-d4a1-4b12-a845-afdbb26ed845@infradead.org>
On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 10:56:32PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > Having prompts for library kconfig options solely because out-of-tree modules
> > might need them.
>
> Well, I think that is was supported for many years. I don't see how it
> would become unsupported all of a sudden. IMHO.
Doing crap for out of tree modules was never in any way supported.
Occasional sloppy maintainers let it slip in but we always fix it ASAP
when noticed.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-04-04 8:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-04-01 22:15 [PATCH 0/7] More CRC kconfig option cleanups Eric Biggers
2025-04-01 22:15 ` [PATCH 1/7] lib/crc: remove unnecessary prompt for CONFIG_CRC32 and drop 'default y' Eric Biggers
2025-04-02 3:42 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-04-02 3:51 ` Eric Biggers
2025-04-02 4:50 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-04-02 5:02 ` Eric Biggers
2025-04-02 5:56 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-04-02 16:41 ` Eric Biggers
2025-04-04 8:36 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2025-04-01 22:15 ` [PATCH 2/7] lib/crc: remove unnecessary prompt for CONFIG_CRC_CCITT Eric Biggers
2025-04-01 22:15 ` [PATCH 3/7] lib/crc: remove unnecessary prompt for CONFIG_CRC16 Eric Biggers
2025-04-01 22:15 ` [PATCH 4/7] lib/crc: remove unnecessary prompt for CONFIG_CRC_T10DIF Eric Biggers
2025-04-01 22:15 ` [PATCH 5/7] lib/crc: remove unnecessary prompt for CONFIG_CRC_ITU_T Eric Biggers
2025-04-01 22:15 ` [PATCH 6/7] lib/crc: document all the CRC library kconfig options Eric Biggers
2025-04-04 8:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-04-04 19:02 ` Eric Biggers
2025-04-01 22:16 ` [PATCH 7/7] lib/crc: remove CONFIG_LIBCRC32C Eric Biggers
2025-04-02 6:47 ` [PATCH 0/7] More CRC kconfig option cleanups Ard Biesheuvel
2025-04-02 13:52 ` Martin K. Petersen
2025-04-04 8:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
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