From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (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 A5A8315D1; Wed, 2 Apr 2025 03:51:09 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1743565869; cv=none; b=AiM/J7+mGy1W4GBhiebhCKYJTurj2g5mPu3Qw02sVqfqIgryaJQ8De60tnsUMRvhjRiA5lRQoYy51lmvemxH19wAjxQmexWDBcjomDbHkw7xln0vY5sQqH2i71xWGJmu8ctf1GJXGOqsqDQ7GeV63oFQqrf2tVJ4LLN+9Q1wzkY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1743565869; c=relaxed/simple; bh=QUiuMuIQDzD0JO+0s6YlUtgXJWr0xnlvEdN09u2jWUA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=g/gUJPEIXgcsh/Jyt7vi/5bz8uaSicoaCPptVNzls0zi7BBPtwcrPsu1bVEYobsaZ64yxIkzqahcBLF+tMDPKQ0dZ9QT+Z5iliDGSKS93sWUgB8M4wmDJG0g/7x2e0wmufFLk6iz9aXXqnbn7tAdbLDOFRfF8Wkop/9GAYwI6lc= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=hn71NVSV; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="hn71NVSV" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 57ED7C4CEDD; Wed, 2 Apr 2025 03:51:09 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1743565869; bh=QUiuMuIQDzD0JO+0s6YlUtgXJWr0xnlvEdN09u2jWUA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=hn71NVSVXjRtESLJmkKiuV2gEVYRuJfmD0oD5/OuRrZUso0U35Abpmo82b0RPMiNt eaxQWWzVeMVr97zVZtTsXM4rP1VNWe4dxgYcItpdCFh/ZfGwVHgNgCLwqtjI/tW4MD UTaDk0SEMWwH78l60mNxBIFhMV7TqW9oAKba0t2ljT+CZ2uyoflZvcFE//ugv7ShJI CYqDBcf7HRdY71TNxxwGwoPJCd06nSxDv+4jwhl+l6wA/MQULr1PM+yjeOFV2VQrjl jeGj7jwL61Muj8lchs98OflKPKtIQm7/OFZ5zRW52oNhy98mgNakxDCnmq2dNNrEnK fLd769xOYch4Q== Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 20:51:07 -0700 From: Eric Biggers To: Randy Dunlap Cc: 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: <20250402035107.GA317606@sol.localdomain> References: <20250401221600.24878-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> <20250401221600.24878-2-ebiggers@kernel.org> <2c1cbb51-cc16-4292-ad30-482d93935d91@infradead.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-crypto@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: <2c1cbb51-cc16-4292-ad30-482d93935d91@infradead.org> 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 > > > > 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. - Eric