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=E4=BA=8E 2013=E5=B9=B403=E6=9C=8802=E6=97=A5 22:44, Artem Bityutskiy =E5=
=86=99=E9=81=93:
> On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 12:00 +0800, Huang Shijie wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Artem Bityutskiy<dedekind1@gmail.com>=
  wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 16:21 +0800, Huang Shijie wrote:
>>>> Add a new module parameter 'pattern'. The meaning of the pattern is:
>>>>    (1) pattern =3D=3D 0 for 55/AA pattern.
>>>>    (2) pattern<  0 for random pattern.
>>>>    (3) pattern>  0 for random pattern too, the value of the pattern =
is used
>>>>        as the seed for the random generator.
>>> Please, do not add parameters, make it simple - teach the test to use
>>> both the old patterns plus additional cycles with random patterns.
>> but if we do not add new parameter, how can we create a random seed?
> Unless you have a real practical reason to let users pass the initial
> random seed, do not do this.
>
ok. got it.

thanks
Huang Shijie