Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752350Ab3IJVo7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:44:59 -0400 Received: from mail-vc0-f182.google.com ([209.85.220.182]:53616 "EHLO mail-vc0-f182.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750977Ab3IJVo5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:44:57 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:44:56 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: YispQLInWqupyfRklsp8ex75hAY Message-ID: Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Device tree updates for v3.12 From: Linus Torvalds To: Tim Bird Cc: Grant Likely , Rob Herring , Linux Kernel Mailing List , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , Anton Blanchard Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 710 Lines: 16 On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Tim Bird wrote: > > Well, I'm not sure how many bits of randomness this will add anyway. > The way we're using device tree, we get the same values every boot, on > all instances of the same phone model. So this seems of little value. If I recall correctly, somebody said that things like ethernet MAC addresses etc sometimes come from DT. Is my memory going, or is that true but very rare? Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/