Messages in this thread | | | From | Kumar Gala <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Generic hardware RNG support | Date | Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:57:46 -0600 |
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On Feb 28, 2006, at 6:40 PM, Deepak Saxena wrote:
> On Feb 28 2006, at 13:11, Michael Buesch was caught saying: >> 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)? > > Hi, I'll email you the patchset off-list so you can look at the API > and write the bcm43xx driver against it. They are a few months old > and > need updating to 2.6.latest and it is on my 2.6.18 TODO. If you > search the > archives there were a few small issues left such as separating out > all the > x86 stuff into separate amd, via, and intel code instead of having > a single > file.
Are the patches in any state to include in -mm?
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