linux-kernel - Re: Default Kconfig state for hw

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Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:17:25 -0700
From:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
Subject: Re: Default Kconfig state for hw_random drivers

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Mark Brown
<broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com> wrote:
> An Atmel hw_random driver just appeared in -next.  Since it's just a
> regular platform device it has no dependencies on any particular
> platform so following the behaviour of other hw_random drivers it's set
> to default enabled if hw_random is enabled, even on non-Atmel platforms.
>
> This doesn't feel like the right thing to do - it'd mean that most of
> the embedded RNGs would end up getting enabled by default which probably
> isn't what we want.

Indeed, thanks for catching this. The driver isn't new but it had a
previous dependency on just one AT91 chip family.

Looking at other options in the same Kconfig, it would be appropriate
to make it depend on ARCH_AT91 instead.

Nicolas?


-Olof
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