Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:38:02 +0200 | From | LABBE Corentin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] hwrng: amd: Rework of the amd768-hwrng driver |
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On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 02:56:38PM +0000, Jason Cooper wrote: > Hi Corentin, > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 02:16:35PM +0200, LABBE Corentin wrote: > > This patch convert the hwrng interface used by amd768-rng to its new API > > by replacing data_read()/data_present() by read(). > > > > Furthermore, Instead of having two global variable, it's better to use a > > private struct. This will permit to remove amd_pdev variable. > > > > Finally, Instead of accessing hw directly via pmbase, it's better to > > access after ioport_map() via ioread32/iowrite32. > > I was going to recommend a better $subject line, but now I see why it's > vague. :( I would recommend breaking this patch up into three: > > hwrng: amd - Access hardware via ioread32/iowrite32 > hwrng: amd - Replace global variable with private struct > hwrng: amd - Convert to new hwrng read() API >
That was my first idea, but believed that it wasnt worth it.
Anyway I will do it.
Regards LABBE Corentin
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