On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Linus Walleij <linus.wall...@linaro.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Sedat Dilek <sedat.di...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Sedat Dilek <sedat.di...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> ...looks like AB3100 is the *only* driver still using >>> rand_initialize_irq()... >>> >>> drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c:939: rand_initialize_irq(client->irq); >>> >>> ...but why has random.h still this...? >>> >>> include/linux/random.h:51:extern void rand_initialize_irq(int irq); >>> >>> Just thinking "loud"... >>> >>> - Sedat - >> >> Is this attached patch OK, Ted? > > You're just deleting a line from the AB3100 driver, so I guess you're > regressing the system since that IRQ will no longer contribute > to the entropy pool? > > How do we simultaneously make sure that this IRQ is still > contributing to the entropy? >
For the sake of completeness: * Ted explained in his answer in [1]. * Just FYI: [2] has these changes merged into the original commit. - Sedat - [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-next&m=134256445707799&w=2 [2] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tytso/random.git;a=commitdiff;h=627574db8b21c51217c683909458500916e64963 > Yours, > Linus Walleij -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
