linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hw_random: add quality categories

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:21:56 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Cc:	"linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hw_random: add quality categories

On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:55:22 +0200
Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de> wrote:

> The qualities of the HWRNGs are different from each other.
> So the current default policy of the hwrng core to default
> to the first found RNG is broken. This changes the default
> policy to select the RNG with the best quality category.
> So for a machine with a bcm43xx and a RNG in the CPU it
> would always default to the RNG in the CPU, as that's the
> better one.
> Of course, the selection can still be changed from userspace.

I'm presently having git disasters with the wireless tree and am unable to
include it in the -mm lineup so the hunk against
drivers/net/wireless/mac80211/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c doesn't apply here.

I stuck that change into a second patch and commented it out.  I will
hopefully remember to bring that patch back when git-wireless gets sorted
out.

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