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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:44:56 -0700 From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> To: Tim Bird <tbird20d@...il.com> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>, Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org> Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Device tree updates for v3.12 On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Tim Bird <tbird20d@...il.com> wrote: > > Well, I'm not sure how many bits of randomness this will add anyway. > The way we're using device tree, we get the same values every boot, on > all instances of the same phone model. So this seems of little value. If I recall correctly, somebody said that things like ethernet MAC addresses etc sometimes come from DT. Is my memory going, or is that true but very rare? Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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