Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 May 2008 15:21:49 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few uses of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM |
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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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