The patch titled
irqs: add IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM to the feature-removal-schedule.txt (deprecated) list
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irqs-add-irqf_sample_random-to-the-feature-removal-scheduletxt-deprecated-list.patch
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Subject: irqs: add IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM to the feature-removal-schedule.txt (deprecated) list
From: Robin Getz <rgetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
This adds IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM to the feature-removal (deprecated) list
since most of the IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM users are technically bogus as
entropy sources in the kernel's current entropy model.
This was discussed on the lkml the past few days, which started here:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/6/283
Signed-off-by: Robin Getz <rgetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff -puN Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt~irqs-add-irqf_sample_random-to-the-feature-removal-scheduletxt-deprecated-list Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt~irqs-add-irqf_sample_random-to-the-feature-removal-scheduletxt-deprecated-list
+++ a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@ be removed from this file.
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+What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
+Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
+When: July 2009
+
+Why: Many of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM users are technically bogus as entropy
+ sources in the kernel's current entropy model. To resolve this, every
+ input point to the kernel's entropy pool needs to better document the
+ type of entropy source it actually is. This will be replaced with
+ additional add_*_randomness functions in drivers/char/random.c
+
+Who: Robin Getz <rgetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> & Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter
When: March 2010 / desktop catchup
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from rgetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
irqs-add-irqf_sample_random-to-the-feature-removal-scheduletxt-deprecated-list.patch
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