linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] powerpc: wire up rng during setup

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Message-Id: <165563974695.2516477.14135241088366642761.b4-ty@ellerman.id.au>
Date:   Sun, 19 Jun 2022 21:55:46 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] powerpc: wire up rng during setup_arch

On Sat, 11 Jun 2022 17:10:12 +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> The platform's RNG must be available before random_init() in order to be
> useful for initial seeding, which in turn means that it needs to be
> called from setup_arch(), rather than from an init call. This series
> wires that up properly on the three platforms that currently initialize
> the RNG from the wrong place.
> 
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
> Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
> 
> [...]

Patches 1 & 3 applied to powerpc/fixes.

[1/3] powerpc/microwatt: wire up rng during setup_arch
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/20a9689b3607456d92c6fb764501f6a95950b098
[3/3] powerpc/pseries: wire up rng during setup_arch
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/e561e472a3d441753bd012333b057f48fef1045b

cheers