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diff --git a/net/ipv6/Kconfig b/net/ipv6/Kconfig
index ab7a9124f985..f925f206d8ff 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv6/Kconfig
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
config IPV6
tristate "The IPv6 protocol"
default m
- select CRYPTO if IPV6_PRIVACY
- select CRYPTO_MD5 if IPV6_PRIVACY
---help---
This is complemental support for the IP version 6.
You will still be able to do traditional IPv4 networking as well.
@@ -22,7 +20,7 @@ config IPV6
module will be called ipv6.
config IPV6_PRIVACY
- bool "IPv6: Privacy Extensions (RFC 3041) support"
+ bool "IPv6: Privacy Extensions support"
depends on IPV6
---help---
Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6
@@ -30,6 +28,9 @@ config IPV6_PRIVACY
pseudo-random global-scope unicast address(es) will assigned to
your interface(s).
+ We use our standard pseudo random algorithm to generate randomized
+ interface identifier, instead of one described in RFC 3041.
+
By default, kernel do not generate temporary addresses.
To use temporary addresses, do