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Message-Id: <200706271956.29244.mb@bu3sch.de>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:56:29 +0200
From:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
Cc:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hw_random: add quality categories

On Wednesday 27 June 2007 18:40:41 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> There *is* a much better way to deal with it, though.  Add the fail always
> RNG device, and always select it by default.  Let the user specifically set
> which RNG he wants, and it now rates as "trusted", which is the only
> fail-proof way to go about it IMHO.

Well, but it changes ABI, which is forbidden.
After a kernel update your system will partially not work anymore.

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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