Re: [PATCH 4/5] tsc: wire up entropy generation function

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On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 08:39 -0400, Kent Borg wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>  > Those already are doing this.
> 
> They used to via IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM, but these are being removed 
> (according to Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt).  In 2.6.39 I 
> can only find 10 remaining instances, out of many more network drivers. 

That's down from three. Oh wait, that's up.

> So network entropy is being eradicated, and nothing is being done to 
> replace it.

Nothing is being done is a more accurate summary of the situation.

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