From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Martin Peck <coderman@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: faster via/centaur hw rng throughput patch for 2.6.8.1
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:51:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <412F9EB4.4020206@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4ef5fec604082713307d1b312@mail.gmail.com>
Martin Peck wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:13:28 -0400, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>>Honestly I would rather just remove the VIA support from the kernel
>>completely: it belongs in the userspace rngd
>
>
> this sounds like a better solution to me as well. is there anything
> that uses /dev/hwrandom which might be affected?
I'll answer the question that your question raises :)
I don't want to remove VIA support from hw_random the instant that
support is added to rngd.
Rather, that would be the first step in phasing VIA RNG support out of
the kernel. The second step would be printing a one-time warning,
noting the VIA support is deprecated, and that we will not be adding any
code it. The third step, probably when 2.7 opens, is to then remove the
VIA support from hw_random.
>>I've been meaning to do this for a while, wanna volunteer? ;-)
>
>
> i can poke at it; be careful what you wish for!
hehe :)
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-27 21:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-27 18:52 faster via/centaur hw rng throughput patch for 2.6.8.1 Martin Peck
2004-08-27 18:56 ` Martin Peck
2004-08-27 19:13 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-27 20:30 ` Martin Peck
2004-08-27 20:51 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2004-08-27 19:16 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-15 1:31 ` Rusty Russell
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