[PATCH v3 1/2] crypto: vmx - merge CRYPTO_DEV_VMX_ENCRYPT into CRYPTO_DEV_VMX

Herbert Xu herbert at gondor.apana.org.au
Wed Feb 23 13:57:49 AEDT 2022


On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 11:57:50AM +0100, Petr Vorel wrote:
> CRYPTO_DEV_VMX_ENCRYPT is redundant with CRYPTO_DEV_VMX.
> 
> And it also forces CRYPTO_GHASH to be builtin even
> CRYPTO_DEV_VMX_ENCRYPT was configured as module.

Just because a tristate sits under a bool, it does not force
the options that it selects to y/n.  The select still operates
on the basis of the tristate.

So I don't see the point to this code churn unless the powerpc
folks want to move in this direction.

Thanks,
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