Re: [PATCH] lib/crypto: sparc: Drop optimized MD5 code

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]

On Thu, 2026-03-26 at 13:33 -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> MD5 is obsolete.  Continuing to maintain architecture-optimized
> implementations of MD5 is unnecessary and risky.  It diverts resources
> from the modern algorithms that are actually important.

Why is it risky? That makes no sense. I also don't see how it diverts
resources as no one is forced to work on the code.

SPARC is an architecture used by hobbyists and in space these days (in
the form of Leon). I don't think any other kernel developer will have
to take a look at it.

Adrian

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