Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751607AbXJUDEQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:04:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750982AbXJUDED (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:04:03 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:51713 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750831AbXJUDEB (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:04:01 -0400 X-Authenticated: #1045983 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+O509PlWCO/44w+wiYRNmCvGubQQzIIuWfF0eeBk 5ueGpBIqNLQqGS From: Helge Deller To: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 0/2] Time-based RFC 4122 UUID generator Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:39:25 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 X-Face: &[jmHH-Dw>Aj):"[/t-VasJu+(5eP`/LEckV7V"JV,!nBy[6(/?#8M>x`5xzg/7:FkM.l@=?utf-8?q?=0A=0913?=<&9'nfV3"OkD~P)@j{P2=(uB7J(){:CcrM2jZeA+IBq?FUTp3c8Y{t+k<95mZf~[v"=?utf-8?q?=27=3A=0A=09t?="f6wKtHUPFB&/]Z5^?9~IQs=16R;Pg"NS9JD=DK!ft&4b@=?utf-8?q?S=7E=26q/MfI3=3BqWqlg7Q1=3D=3DjS4=0A=099V5OJkm=24WQ=5Bdc=5E=5FY?= =?utf-8?q?=27=5DDvibvMjizUZ=5D+=27Jd4UnM?=> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 812 Lines: 17 Andrew, this is a series of two patches for the kernels UUID generator which was already posted two weeks ago to LKML for discussion: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/6/37 1) The first patch fixes a real (although not too critical) bug in the current UUID random generator. It would be great if this could go to Linus soon. 2) The second patch implements a time-based UUID generator acording to RFC 4122. It would be great if you could apply this patch to your mm tree for broader testing. I did tested the patches sucessfully on x86-32 and hppa (big-endian). Helge - 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/