linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/03]: hwrng: an in-kernel rngd

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Message-ID: <20140414162451.GE29351@lst.de>
Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2014 18:24:51 +0200
From:	Torsten Duwe <duwe@....de>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Satoru Takeuchi <satoru.takeuchi@...il.com>,
	ingo.tuchscherer@...ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Hans-Georg Markgraf <MGRF@...ibm.com>,
	Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@...ibm.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/03]: hwrng: an in-kernel rngd

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 09:09:14AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> I think the default should be zero, so each hwrng driver maintainer would have to consider what guarantees that particular driver can give.  If anything 50% ought to be the maximum.

Repost of v4 just for patch 03/03 is on its way then, defaulting to 0
(off), which happens to be the old behaviour, which I think I've also
expressed my sympathy for already.

	Torsten

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