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Date:	Mon, 9 Sep 2013 20:35:23 +0000 (UTC)
From:	Thorsten Glaser <tg@...bsd.de>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
cc:	linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] m68k: Add infrastructure for machine-specific
 get_cycles()

Geert Uytterhoeven dixit:

>Currently get_cycles() always returns zero.  As get_cycles() is called to
>add entropy to the random number generator pool, security can be increased

You rock for having something before MIPS ;-) (Note that other
architectures like CRIS are also affected… just, MIPS probably
has the broadest impact… even I have a FreeWRT WLAN AP.)

Sorry I can’t provide any feedback because I’m out of my depth on
both the hardware and the requirements aspect.

bye,
//mirabilos
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