From: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: random(4) changes Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:04:15 +0800 Message-ID: <20160426110415.GA19340@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <20160426030735.GD28496@thunk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: smueller@chronox.de, sandyinchina@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, jason@lakedaemon.net, jsd@av8n.com, hpa@zytor.com, andi@firstfloor.org To: Theodore Ts'o Return-path: Received: from helcar.hengli.com.au ([209.40.204.226]:50551 "EHLO helcar.hengli.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751101AbcDZLE3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Apr 2016 07:04:29 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160426030735.GD28496@thunk.org> Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > Yet another difference which I've noticed as I've been going over the > patches is that that since it relies on CRYPTO_DRBG, it drags in a > fairly large portion of the crypto subsystem, and requires it to be > compiled into the kernel (instead of being loaded as needed as a > module). So the people who are worrying about keeping the kernel on a > diet aren't going to be particularly happy about this. As the IPv4 stack now selects CRYPTO_AES, the crypto system will be pulled into your kernel anyway unless you can live without IPv4. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt