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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few uses of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
Kok, Auke wrote:
> How about the non-NAPI and non-throttled case? I would argue that without any irq
> mitigation we can still use SA_RANDOM. Many (e.g. embedded) devices will want some

When was the last time we added a new driver for new hardware, and it
didn't support NAPI and/or hw mitigation? They are few and far between,
and getting ever more rare.


> extra form of entropy, and providing them it in this form will be very beneficial
> as these devices more commonly have no other form of entropy anymore.

"no other form of entropy"? See examples in this thread.

Jeff




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