[PATCHv3 06/10] crypto: add rocksoft 64b crc framework
Eric Biggers
ebiggers at kernel.org
Tue Feb 22 11:54:31 PST 2022
On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 11:50:44AM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > +config CRC64_ROCKSOFT
> > + tristate "CRC calculation for the Rocksoft^TM model CRC64"
>
> I'm sure what the rules for trademarks are, but kernel source code usually
> doesn't have the trademark symbol/abbreviation scattered everywhere.
>
> > + select CRYPTO
> > + select CRYPTO_CRC64_ROCKSOFT
> > + help
> > + This option is only needed if a module that's not in the
> > + kernel tree needs to calculate CRC checks for use with the
> > + rocksoft model parameters.
>
> Out-of-tree modules can't be the reason to have a kconfig option. What is the
> real reason?
Also this option can be enabled without the CONFIG_CRC64 it depends on, which is
broken.
- Eric
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