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Re: [2.6.11-rc4-mm1 patch] fix buggy IEEE80211_CRYPT_* selects

To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [2.6.11-rc4-mm1 patch] fix buggy IEEE80211_CRYPT_* selects
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:12:04 -0500
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Adrian Bunk wrote:
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 01:43:04AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:

Adrian Bunk wrote:

+       select CRYPTO
        select CRYPTO_AES
        ---help---
Include software based cipher suites in support of IEEE 802.11i (aka TGi, WPA, WPA2, WPA-PSK, etc.) for use with CCMP enabled networks.
@@ -54,10 +55,11 @@
        "ieee80211_crypt_ccmp".

config IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP
        tristate "IEEE 802.11i TKIP encryption"
        depends on IEEE80211
+       select CRYPTO
        select CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC


'select CRYPTO_AES' should 'select CRYPTO' automatically, I would hope.


This would result in a recursive dependency.

No, it wouldn't.  CRYPTO_AES depends on CRYPTO, which depends on nothing.

        Jeff




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