linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwrng: remove unbuildable picoxcell TRNG

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Message-ID: <20140415100614.GA2037@page.Home>
Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2014 11:06:14 +0100
From:	Jamie Iles <jamie@...ieiles.com>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Jamie Iles <jamie@...ieiles.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwrng: remove unbuildable picoxcell TRNG

Hi Paul,

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:55:18AM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
> The driver for the "Picochip picoXcell true random number generator" was
> added in v2.6.39. Its Kconfig symbol has always depended on
> PICOXCELL_PC3X3. But that Kconfig symbol has never been part of the
> tree. This means this driver has never been buildable. Let's remove it.
> It can be re-added if its dependencies are actually part of the tree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>

I wish I had the bandwidth to get this properly supported, but this 
seems sensible to me.

Acked-by: Jamie Iles <jamie@...ieiles.com>

Thanks,

Jamie
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