From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67F1A17B425; Fri, 4 Apr 2025 08:36:04 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.137.202.133 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1743755765; cv=none; b=eFfvVTVygJhDAWrSRruThYjO7Ihr14vZF+aHjTePZE9D/8ugStpL4vaN5Awi12YStqU8wG8Hf+hDzrenoi4KlAdorHAtbJPOhla9fVUUaeyD8RWBRkkRCDZyDiix/tdvSsmFoixdaaeuY24ZZzIuh15a42JvDtk/fWxJqE+O5B4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1743755765; c=relaxed/simple; bh=cpAYU27T+6cUvzLWCJPLe/61xl0whQmDjfkQg8Fljjg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=A1TBsO+wIUu04PF2GwqrYZRFIg+ZG2mGszFugfzRNXAWhYwyXjM/LVL+Mb8H1xKAiTRcZ4wwmQSoTm/o5PP3figLfFL+37kBYx05O1O3stKSH6DYmCAEewjSmL4HcGiKUk8kKb6WVSfso2se82x1UngulEyp/b9uXcbJhRjOr0M= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=bombadil.srs.infradead.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b=l1BZnnXN; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.137.202.133 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=bombadil.srs.infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="l1BZnnXN" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version :References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=iyhrJRyNvZ9ef/6I8LSnRyHP6bfuwM1VgqmMV8KADj4=; b=l1BZnnXNlfsZWilk1ZSrlozH/k ois7x0XB03CpSjQBHQbmS50cYpJi6nRKTu5FpmbpVbjNl6/lqLSDH6yFpYF1v8i5zXnuoyTY1eugm 9/6snfoO4H+dvxcdSpkcKiipbMCWJJE0JfyMkTJ7KuO5c5cs9QC4layZhQXYfC+2oLDGjgGk1U4Z/ 8pk8MXagRqPKip/nRdzizm6gycQvgGuztcRRRFILS7IYNbLE1vrK0xsTOq6C6N/6Ni0Pgx6ssLr28 M8IuYGKqWWVTDsoTKwxRcM1cJKR6uzbspfrTU3GX7vzYrOhOnLWaQvFhiFeSvQymI8fftWgjuip7g oQdeFZwA==; Received: from hch by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.98.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1u0cWy-0000000BAF4-0EUT; Fri, 04 Apr 2025 08:36:04 +0000 Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 01:36:04 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Eric Biggers , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel , 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' Message-ID: References: <20250401221600.24878-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> <20250401221600.24878-2-ebiggers@kernel.org> <2c1cbb51-cc16-4292-ad30-482d93935d91@infradead.org> <20250402035107.GA317606@sol.localdomain> <81aac5ff-8698-4059-92a2-bccb998eb000@infradead.org> <20250402050234.GB317606@sol.localdomain> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html 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.