Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] hwrng: amd: Rework of the amd768-hwrng driver

[LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 02:56:38PM +0000, Jason Cooper wrote:
> Hi Corentin,
> 
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 02:16:35PM +0200, LABBE Corentin wrote:
> > This patch convert the hwrng interface used by amd768-rng to its new API
> > by replacing data_read()/data_present() by read().
> > 
> > Furthermore, Instead of having two global variable, it's better to use a
> > private struct. This will permit to remove amd_pdev variable.
> > 
> > Finally, Instead of accessing hw directly via pmbase, it's better to
> > access after ioport_map() via ioread32/iowrite32.
> 
> I was going to recommend a better $subject line, but now I see why it's
> vague. :(  I would recommend breaking this patch up into three:
> 
>   hwrng: amd - Access hardware via ioread32/iowrite32
>   hwrng: amd - Replace global variable with private struct
>   hwrng: amd - Convert to new hwrng read() API
> 

That was my first idea, but believed that it wasnt worth it.

Anyway I will do it.

Regards
LABBE Corentin