[PATCH] net/txgbe: remove the build dependency on security

[Jiawen Wu]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 5:39 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:19:51 +0800
> Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu at trustnetic.com> wrote:
> 
> > Now lib security is enabled by default, and cannot be disabled if the
> > driver is intended to be used. But there are some functional scenarios
> > where lib security should be disabled, just like to enale Tx descriptor
> > hardware check. See commit 0eabdfcd4af4 ("net/txgbe: enable Tx
> > descriptor error interrupt").
> >
> > So remove the build dependency on lib security for the driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu at trustnetic.com>
> 
> I would like a review by other maintainers.
> Several other drivers including cn10k, cn20k, ixgbe already have
> similar dependencies. Can't the security library just have stubs
> to always return NULL if not used.

Hi Stephen,

What should we do next for this patch?