linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] m68k: rework BI_VIRT_RNG_SEED as BI_RNG

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUxQYYRh9oa-Ro791RynVrPZT07u9-HrFLe8RR-+Vj3_A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 28 Sep 2022 22:19:50 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Laurent Vivier <laurent@...ier.eu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] m68k: rework BI_VIRT_RNG_SEED as BI_RNG_SEED

On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 3:09 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com> wrote:
> This is useful on !virt platforms for kexec, so change things from
> BI_VIRT_RNG_SEED to be BI_RNG_SEED, and simply remove BI_VIRT_RNG_SEED
> because it only ever lasted one release, and nothing is broken by not
> having it. At the same time, keep a comment noting that it's been
> removed, so that ID isn't reused. In addition, we previously documented
> 2-byte alignment, but 4-byte alignment is actually necessary, so update
> that comment.
>
> Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Cc: Laurent Vivier <laurent@...ier.eu>
> Fixes: a1ee38ab1a75 ("m68k: virt: Use RNG seed from bootinfo block")
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
i.e. will queue in the m68k for-v6.1 branch.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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