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Subject[PATCH 01/01] - Add IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM to the feature-removal-schedule.txt (deprecated) list
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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 @@

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+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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