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.
Signed-off-by: Robin Getz <[email protected]>
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This was discussed on the lkml the past few days, which started here:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/6/283
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt2 | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
--- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@
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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 <[email protected]> & Matt Mackall <[email protected]>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter
When: March 2010 / desktop catchup
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