On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 07:12:21AM +0200, Christian Marangi wrote: > Permit to compile the arc4 crypto lib without any user. This is required > by the backports project [1] that require this lib for any wireless > driver. > > [1] https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page > > Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > lib/crypto/Kconfig | 6 +++++- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/lib/crypto/Kconfig b/lib/crypto/Kconfig > index 2082af43d51f..2dfc785a7817 100644 > --- a/lib/crypto/Kconfig > +++ b/lib/crypto/Kconfig > @@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ config CRYPTO_LIB_AES > tristate > > config CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4 > - tristate > + tristate "ARC4 library interface" > + help > + Enable the ARC4 library interface. This interface is mainly > + used by wireless drivers and is required by the backports > + project. > > config CRYPTO_ARCH_HAVE_LIB_BLAKE2S > bool I don't think this is appropriate for upstream, as the upstream kernel doesn't support out-of-tree code. This is also an internal API that can change from one kernel version to the next. - Eric
