Am Dienstag, 18. Juli 2017, 10:32:10 CEST schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman: Hi Greg, > external references do not last as long as the kernel change log does :( What would be the best way to cite a 50+ page document? I got a suggestion to include the ASCII version of the document into Documentation/ -- but for the first inclusion request, I was not sure whether to add such large document. > > Also a "wholesale" replacement of random.c is a major thing, why not > just submit patches to fix it up to add the needed changes you feel are > necessary? We don't like to have major changes like this, that's not > how kernel development is done. I have to admit that I tried that over the last years. I sent numerous small cleanup patches (not changing any logic) and larger patches (with logic changes). Even after pinging, I hardly got a response to any of my patches, let alone that patches were accepted. I have stated the core concerns I have with random.c in [1]. To remedy these core concerns, major changes to random.c are needed. With the past experience, I would doubt that I get the changes into random.c. [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-crypto/msg26316.html Ciao Stephan
