Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Robin Getz <> | Subject | [PATCH 01/01] - Add IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM to the feature-removal-schedule.txt (deprecated) list | Date | Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:53:09 -0400 |
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This adds IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM to the feature-removal (deprecated) list since most of the IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM users are technically bogus as entropy sources in the kernel's current entropy model.
Signed-off-by: Robin Getz <rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org>
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This was discussed on the lkml the past few days, which started here: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/6/283
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt2 | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
--- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -6,6 +6,20 @@ --------------------------- +What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM +Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM +When: July 2009 + +Why: Many of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM users are technically bogus as entropy + sources in the kernel's current entropy model. To resolve this, every + input point to the kernel's entropy pool needs to better document the + type of entropy source it actually is. This will be replaced with + additional add_*_randomness functions in drivers/char/random.c + +Who: Robin Getz <rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> & Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> + +--------------------------- + What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter When: March 2010 / desktop catchup ---
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