When NFSD_V4 is enabled and CRYPTO is disabled, Kbuild gives the following warning: WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for CRYPTO_SHA256 Depends on [n]: CRYPTO [=n] Selected by [y]: - NFSD_V4 [=y] && NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS [=y] && NFSD [=y] && PROC_FS [=y] WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for CRYPTO_MD5 Depends on [n]: CRYPTO [=n] Selected by [y]: - NFSD_V4 [=y] && NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS [=y] && NFSD [=y] && PROC_FS [=y] This is because NFSD_V4 selects CRYPTO_MD5 and CRYPTO_SHA256, without depending on or selecting CRYPTO, despite those config options being subordinate to CRYPTO. Signed-off-by: Julian Braha <julianbraha@xxxxxxxxx> --- a/fs/nfsd/Kconfig 2021-02-09 22:05:29.462030761 -0500 +++ b/fs/nfsd/Kconfig 2021-02-11 12:00:48.974076992 -0500 @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ select NFSD_V3 select FS_POSIX_ACL select SUNRPC_GSS + select CRYPTO select CRYPTO_MD5 select CRYPTO_SHA256 select GRACE_PERIOD