The patch titled
allow hwrandom core to be a module
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
allow-hwrandom-core-to-be-a-module.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: allow hwrandom core to be a module
From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Despite it being small, there should be the option of making it a
module...
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig | 19 +++++++++++--------
drivers/char/hw_random/Makefile | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig~allow-hwrandom-core-to-be-a-module drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig~allow-hwrandom-core-to-be-a-module
+++ a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
@@ -3,17 +3,20 @@
#
config HW_RANDOM
- bool "Hardware Random Number Generator Core support"
- default y
+ tristate "Hardware Random Number Generator Core support"
+ default m
---help---
Hardware Random Number Generator Core infrastructure.
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
+ module will be called rng-core.
+
If unsure, say Y.
config HW_RANDOM_INTEL
tristate "Intel HW Random Number Generator support"
depends on HW_RANDOM && (X86 || IA64) && PCI
- default y
+ default HW_RANDOM
---help---
This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
Generator hardware found on Intel i8xx-based motherboards.
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ config HW_RANDOM_INTEL
config HW_RANDOM_AMD
tristate "AMD HW Random Number Generator support"
depends on HW_RANDOM && X86 && PCI
- default y
+ default HW_RANDOM
---help---
This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
Generator hardware found on AMD 76x-based motherboards.
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ config HW_RANDOM_AMD
config HW_RANDOM_GEODE
tristate "AMD Geode HW Random Number Generator support"
depends on HW_RANDOM && X86 && PCI
- default y
+ default HW_RANDOM
---help---
This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
Generator hardware found on the AMD Geode LX.
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ config HW_RANDOM_GEODE
config HW_RANDOM_VIA
tristate "VIA HW Random Number Generator support"
depends on HW_RANDOM && X86_32
- default y
+ default HW_RANDOM
---help---
This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
Generator hardware found on VIA based motherboards.
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ config HW_RANDOM_VIA
config HW_RANDOM_IXP4XX
tristate "Intel IXP4xx NPU HW Random Number Generator support"
depends on HW_RANDOM && ARCH_IXP4XX
- default y
+ default HW_RANDOM
---help---
This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random
Number Generator hardware found on the Intel IXP4xx NPU.
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ config HW_RANDOM_IXP4XX
config HW_RANDOM_OMAP
tristate "OMAP Random Number Generator support"
depends on HW_RANDOM && (ARCH_OMAP16XX || ARCH_OMAP24XX)
- default y
+ default HW_RANDOM
---help---
This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
Generator hardware found on OMAP16xx and OMAP24xx multimedia
diff -puN drivers/char/hw_random/Makefile~allow-hwrandom-core-to-be-a-module drivers/char/hw_random/Makefile
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/Makefile~allow-hwrandom-core-to-be-a-module
+++ a/drivers/char/hw_random/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
# Makefile for HW Random Number Generator (RNG) device drivers.
#
-obj-$(CONFIG_HW_RANDOM) += core.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HW_RANDOM) += rng-core.o
+rng-core-y := core.o
obj-$(CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_INTEL) += intel-rng.o
obj-$(CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_AMD) += amd-rng.o
obj-$(CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_GEODE) += geode-rng.o
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
kbuild-dont-put-temp-files-in-the-source-tree.patch
kbuild-dont-put-temp-files-in-the-source-tree-fix.patch
allow-hwrandom-core-to-be-a-module.patch
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