Re: Crypto Update for 3.2

Randy Dunlap
2011-10-31T16:43:21Z

On 10/30/2011 09:09 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:
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> Hi Linus:
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> Here is the crypto update for 3.2:
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> * User-space interface for algorithm selection/configuration
> * SSSE3 implementation of SHA1.
> * X86-64 assembly implementation of blowfish.
> * X86-64 assembly implementation of twofish.
> * Misc fixes.
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> Please pull from
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> git://github.com/herbertx/crypto.git
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> The top commit object is
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> commit ea8bdfcff17599e5d80f93e2ae194fbbab7f8d5e
> Author: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
> Date: Wed Oct 26 17:15:10 2011 +0200
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> crypto: user - Add dependency on NET

> Herbert Xu (4):
> crypto: sha - Fix build error due to crypto_sha1_update
> crypto: cryptd - Use subsys_initcall to prevent races with aesni
> crypto: user - Initialise match in crypto_alg_match
> crypto: user - Add dependency on NET

Actually adds "select NET", a reverse dependency. :(

Linus was quite vocal about not allowing MD to select BLOCK.
See https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/8/10/527
and https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/8/10/533

To me this is very similar.

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