Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: fix kconfig dependency on CRYPTO

[Randy Dunlap]

On 2/22/21 10:06 AM, Julian Braha wrote:
> When RTLLIB_CRYPTO_TKIP is enabled and CRYPTO is disabled,
> Kbuild gives the following warning:
> 
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC
>   Depends on [n]: CRYPTO [=n]
>   Selected by [m]:
>   - RTLLIB_CRYPTO_TKIP [=m] && STAGING [=y] && RTLLIB [=m]
> 
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4
>   Depends on [n]: CRYPTO [=n]
>   Selected by [m]:
>   - RTLLIB_CRYPTO_TKIP [=m] && STAGING [=y] && RTLLIB [=m]
>   - RTLLIB_CRYPTO_WEP [=m] && STAGING [=y] && RTLLIB [=m]
> 
> This is because RTLLIB_CRYPTO_TKIP selects CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC and
> CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4, without depending on or selecting CRYPTO,
> despite those config options being subordinate to CRYPTO.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julian Braha <julianbraha@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/Kconfig | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/Kconfig
> index 03fcc23516fd..6e7d84ac06f5 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/Kconfig
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ config RTLLIB_CRYPTO_CCMP
>  config RTLLIB_CRYPTO_TKIP
>  	tristate "Support for rtllib TKIP crypto"
>  	depends on RTLLIB
> +	select CRYPTO
>  	select CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4
>  	select CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC
>  	default y
> 


-- 
~Randy