From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267464AbTHBPHN (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Aug 2003 11:07:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268160AbTHBPHN (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Aug 2003 11:07:13 -0400 Received: from host-64-213-145-173.atlantasolutions.com ([64.213.145.173]:46557 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267464AbTHBPHM (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Aug 2003 11:07:12 -0400 Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 11:07:11 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik To: marcelo@conectiva.com.br Cc: alan@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [bk patches] 2.4.x RNG doc patches Message-ID: <20030802150711.GA4316@gtf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org These changes are (a) only doc patches and (b) long overdue. Marcelo, please do a bk pull bk://kernel.bkbits.net/jgarzik/misc-2.4 This will update the following files: Documentation/devices.txt | 2 +- Documentation/i810_rng.txt | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) through these ChangeSets: (03/07/06 1.1003.15.2) [i810_rng] update docs to reflect new /dev name, and new pkg name (03/07/05 1.1003.15.1) devices.txt: rename /dev/intel_rng to /dev/hwrandom diff -Nru a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt --- a/Documentation/devices.txt Sat Aug 2 11:05:08 2003 +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt Sat Aug 2 11:05:08 2003 @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ 180 = /dev/vrbuttons Vr41xx button input device 181 = /dev/toshiba Toshiba laptop SMM support 182 = /dev/perfctr Performance-monitoring counters - 183 = /dev/intel_rng Intel i8x0 random number generator + 183 = /dev/hwrandom Hardware random number generator (RNG) 184 = /dev/cpu/microcode CPU microcode update interface 186 = /dev/atomicps Atomic shapshot of process state data 187 = /dev/irnet IrNET device diff -Nru a/Documentation/i810_rng.txt b/Documentation/i810_rng.txt --- a/Documentation/i810_rng.txt Sat Aug 2 11:05:08 2003 +++ b/Documentation/i810_rng.txt Sat Aug 2 11:05:08 2003 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ In order to make effective use of this device driver, you should download the support software as well. Download the - latest version of the "intel-rng-tools" package from the + latest version of the "rng-tools" package from the i810_rng driver's official Web site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/ @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ a security-conscious person would run fitness tests on the data before assuming it is truly random. - /dev/intel_rng is char device major 10, minor 183. + /dev/hwrandom is char device major 10, minor 183. Driver notes: