Re: [RFC HIFN 00/02]: RNG support

2007-11-18 Thread Michael Buesch
On Sunday 18 November 2007 05:04:01 Herbert Xu wrote: > On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 04:30:40AM +0100, Patrick McHardy wrote: > > > > On a related issue, I think the rng interface is not very suitable > > for chips like HIFN that have a constant random bandwidth, it would > > make a lot more sense to

Re: [RFC HIFN 00/02]: RNG support

2007-11-18 Thread Michael Buesch
On Sunday 18 November 2007 05:04:01 Herbert Xu wrote: On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 04:30:40AM +0100, Patrick McHardy wrote: On a related issue, I think the rng interface is not very suitable for chips like HIFN that have a constant random bandwidth, it would make a lot more sense to return the

Re: [RFC HIFN 00/02]: RNG support

2007-11-17 Thread Herbert Xu
On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 12:04:01PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 04:30:40AM +0100, Patrick McHardy wrote: > > > > On a related issue, I think the rng interface is not very suitable > > for chips like HIFN that have a constant random bandwidth, it would > > make a lot more

Re: [RFC HIFN 00/02]: RNG support

2007-11-17 Thread Herbert Xu
On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 04:30:40AM +0100, Patrick McHardy wrote: > > On a related issue, I think the rng interface is not very suitable > for chips like HIFN that have a constant random bandwidth, it would > make a lot more sense to return the time to wait to the core, instead > of waiting 10us in

Re: [RFC HIFN 00/02]: RNG support

2007-11-17 Thread Herbert Xu
On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 04:30:40AM +0100, Patrick McHardy wrote: On a related issue, I think the rng interface is not very suitable for chips like HIFN that have a constant random bandwidth, it would make a lot more sense to return the time to wait to the core, instead of waiting 10us in all

Re: [RFC HIFN 00/02]: RNG support

2007-11-17 Thread Herbert Xu
On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 12:04:01PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote: On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 04:30:40AM +0100, Patrick McHardy wrote: On a related issue, I think the rng interface is not very suitable for chips like HIFN that have a constant random bandwidth, it would make a lot more sense to