linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] hw_random: timeriomem_rng: Migrate to new API and improve performance

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Message-ID: <20170410112248.GB8800@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Mon, 10 Apr 2017 19:22:48 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Rick Altherr <raltherr@...gle.com>
Cc:     alex@...riz.org.uk, openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] hw_random: timeriomem_rng: Migrate to new API and
 improve performance

On Wed, Apr 05, 2017 at 04:20:57PM -0700, Rick Altherr wrote:
> AST2400 can generate 32-bits of random data every 1us.  Original driver
> was limited to one 32-bit read every jiffie due to deprecated API and use
> of timers.  Migrating to new hwrng API and switching to hrtimers
> improves read performance of /dev/hwrng to 13Mb/s.
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Split API migration into separate patch
> - Split type and variable renames into separate patch
> - Split performance improvements into separate patch

All applied.  Thanks.
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