Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262105AbTEROwd (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 May 2003 10:52:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262106AbTEROwd (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 May 2003 10:52:33 -0400 Received: from blackbird.intercode.com.au ([203.32.101.10]:42506 "EHLO blackbird.intercode.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262105AbTEROwb (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 May 2003 10:52:31 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 01:03:08 +1000 (EST) From: James Morris To: Adrian Bunk cc: Herbert Xu , , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] Added missing dependencies on CRYPTO_HMAC In-Reply-To: <20030518124603.GA12766@fs.tum.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 751 Lines: 22 On Sun, 18 May 2003, Adrian Bunk wrote: > It seems the cryptographic options don't depend on anything else. What > about Herbert's patch plus moving the crypto menu above network support? It's up to the authors whether they want their modules to always be selectable or not. We can't assume that only the networking wants this. Think of crypto algorithms like a library: components are enabled depending on what user-selected features need them. - James -- James Morris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/