linux-kernel - Re: IRQF_SAMPLE

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Date:	Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:41:29 -0400
From:	Robin Getz <rgetz@...ckfin.uclinux.org>
To:	"Matt Mackall" <mpm@...enic.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Chris Peterson" <cpeterso@...terso.com>
Subject: Re: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM question...

On Thu 9 Apr 2009 13:00, Matt Mackall pondered:
> On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 09:54 -0400, Robin Getz wrote:
> > On Wed 8 Apr 2009 15:51, Matt Mackall pondered:
> > > On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 17:44 -0400, Robin Getz wrote:
> > > > Is that "Everything in general, with a few exceptions", or
> > > > "__Everything__"?
> > > 
> > > Everything. We want every input point to better document the type of
> > > entropy source.
> > 
> > OK - any objections to something like this?
> 
> Hmm, this is a purely internal interface. Not sure if we need to bother
> with scheduling it. My plan was to simply get the new code in and sweep
> the kernel. 

Yeah - it just stops people from putting in more places you need to change 
later.
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