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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: eranian@hpl.hp.com, david.mosberger@acm.org, akpm@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add carta_random32() library routine
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:22:57 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <452D4491.30806@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200610111900.k9BJ01M4021853@hera.kernel.org>

Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote:
> commit e0ab2928cc2202f13f0574d4c6f567f166d307eb
> tree 3df0b8e340b1a98cd8a2daa19672ff008e8fb7f9
> parent b611967de4dc5c52049676c4369dcac622a7cdfe
> author Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com> 1160554905 -0700
> committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> 1160590461 -0700
> 
> [PATCH] Add carta_random32() library routine
> 
> This is a follow-up patch based on the review for perfmon2.  This patch
> adds the carta_random32() library routine + carta_random32.h header file.
> 
> This is fast, simple, and efficient pseudo number generator algorithm.  We
> use it in perfmon2 to randomize the sampling periods.  In this context, we
> do not need any fancy randomizer.

hrm, does this really warrant inclusion into every kernel build, on 
every platform?

	Jeff



       reply	other threads:[~2006-10-11 19:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200610111900.k9BJ01M4021853@hera.kernel.org>
2006-10-11 19:22 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2006-10-11 19:29   ` [PATCH] Add carta_random32() library routine Stephen Hemminger
2006-10-12  7:07     ` Andrew Morton
2006-10-12 17:26       ` [PATCH] rename net_random to random32 Stephen Hemminger
2006-10-12 21:43         ` David Miller
2006-10-13 18:19         ` Adrian Bunk
2006-10-13 18:28           ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-10-13 19:09           ` Andrew Morton
2006-10-13 22:14             ` David Miller
2006-10-14 10:41           ` Sam Ravnborg
2006-10-28 16:46           ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-10-11 19:39   ` [PATCH] Add carta_random32() library routine Andrew Morton

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