linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/01] - Add IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM to the feature-removal-schedule.txt (deprecated) list

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Date:	Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:53:09 -0400
From:	Robin Getz <rgetz@...ckfin.uclinux.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
CC:	"Theodore Tso" <tytso@....edu>, "Matt Mackall" <mpm@...enic.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	mtk.manpages@...il.com, "Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 01/01] - Add IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM to the feature-removal-schedule.txt (deprecated) list


This adds IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM to the feature-removal (deprecated) list since 
most of the IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM users are technically bogus as entropy sources 
in the kernel's current entropy model.

Signed-off-by: Robin Getz <rgetz@...ckfin.uclinux.org>

---

This was discussed on the lkml the past few days, which started here:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/6/283

 Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt2 |   14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

--- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt	
+++ Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@
 
 ---------------------------
 
+What:	IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
+Check:	IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
+When:	July 2009
+
+Why:	Many of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM users are technically bogus as entropy
+	sources in the kernel's current entropy model. To resolve this, every
+	input point to the kernel's entropy pool needs to better document the
+	type of entropy source it actually is. This will be replaced with
+	additional add_*_randomness functions in drivers/char/random.c
+
+Who:	Robin Getz <rgetz@...ckfin.uclinux.org> & Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:	The ieee80211_regdom module parameter
 When:	March 2010 / desktop catchup
 

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