RE: [PATCH v2] crypto: aspeed: fix build module error

[Neal Liu]

> >>> Does this still build if both HASH and CRYPTO are off?
> >>>
> >>> I think this it's best if you do:
> >>>
> >>> hace-hash-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_ASPEED_HACE_HASH) :=
> >>> aspeed-hace-hash.o
> >>> hace-crypto-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_ASPEED_HACE_CRYPTO) :=
> >>> aspeed-hace-crypto.o
> >>>
> >>> obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_ASPEED) += aspeed_crypto.o
> >>> aspeed_crypto-objs := aspeed-hace.o	\
> >>> 		      $(hace-hash-y)	\
> >>> 		      $(hace-crypto-y)
> >>>
> >> aspeed-hace.o effects only if either hace-hash-y or hace-crypto-y.
> >> If we put aspeed-hace.o in aspeed_crypto-objs, but hace-hash-y and
> hace-crypto-y are empty, apseed-hace.o is just an useless driver which might
> still occupy system resources.
> > Apparently it doesn't build after all, at least not on m68k.
> >
> > So please either adopt my suggestion above, or come up with another
> > way of preventing the build failure on m68k with both HASH and CRYPTO
> > disabled.
> 
> Curious why compiled on m68k? It's embedded controller in ARM based
> Aspeed SoCs. And there's "depends on ARCH_ASPEED" in Kconfig, need some
> additional dependencies?

The reason is because the compile test is enabled.
Check this:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=31b39755e32568b43c80814c5e13d7b1ab796d73