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From: Michael Buesch <mbuesch@freenet.de>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Generic hardware RNG support
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:11:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200602281311.59888.mbuesch@freenet.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44043CEE.70201@pobox.com>

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On Tuesday 28 February 2006 13:07, you wrote:
> Michael Buesch wrote:
> > Andrew, consider inclusion of the following patch into -mm
> > for further testing, please.
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > This patch adds support for generic Hardware Random Number Generator
> > drivers. This makes the usage of the bcm43xx internal RNG through
> > /dev/hwrandom possible.
> > 
> > A patch against bcm43xx for your testing pleasure can be found at:
> > ftp://ftp.bu3sch.de/misc/bcm43xx-d80211-hwrng.patch
> 
> Please merge with Deepak Saxena's generic RNG stuff, rather than 
> duplicating efforts.

Well, I did not know that someone else already wrote something
like this. Do you have any pointers to his stuff (patches)?

-- 
Greetings Michael.

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  reply	other threads:[~2006-02-28 12:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-02-28 11:29 [PATCH] Generic hardware RNG support Michael Buesch
2006-02-28 11:34 ` Michael Buesch
2006-02-28 12:07 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-02-28 12:11   ` Michael Buesch [this message]
2006-03-01  0:40     ` Deepak Saxena
2006-03-01  2:57       ` Kumar Gala
2006-03-01 11:21         ` Michael Buesch
2006-03-01 13:19         ` Michael Buesch

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