linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 REPOST] hw_random: add timeriomem-rng driver

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Message-ID: <20090222040345.GA753@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:03:45 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Alexander Clouter <alex@...riz.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 REPOST] hw_random: add timeriomem-rng driver

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 02:13:24PM +0000, Alexander Clouter wrote:
> Some hardware platforms, the TS-7800[1] is one for example, can
> supply the kernel with an entropy source, albeit a slow one for
> TS-7800 users, by just reading a particular IO address.  This
> source must not be read above a certain rate otherwise the quality
> suffers.

Applied to cryptodev.  Thanks a lot!
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