Re: [patch 23/38] alpha: Select ARCH_HAS_RANDOM_ENTROPY

Magnus Lindholm
2026-04-12T13:23:05Z

On Fri, Apr 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> The only remaining usage of get_cycles() is to provide
> random_get_entropy().
>
> Switch alpha over to the new scheme of selecting ARCH_HAS_RANDOM_ENTROPY
> and providing random_get_entropy() in asm/random.h.
>
> Remove asm/timex.h as it has no functionality anymore.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
> Cc: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
> Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
> ---
> arch/alpha/Kconfig | 1 +
> arch/alpha/include/asm/random.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> arch/alpha/include/asm/timex.h | 26 --------------------------
> 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

Hi,

The Alpha side looks fine to me.

I've applied this patch on top of v7.0-rc7, built a kernel successfully,
boot-tested it on an Alpha UP2000+ (SMP) without issues.

Acked-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>