Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759705AbZDJPvN (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:51:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754584AbZDJPu4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:50:56 -0400 Received: from nwd2mail10.analog.com ([137.71.25.55]:47095 "EHLO nwd2mail10.analog.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754363AbZDJPuz (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:50:55 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,168,1238990400"; d="scan'208";a="86108690" From: Robin Getz Organization: Blackfin uClinux org To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 01/01] - Add IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM to the feature-removal-schedule.txt (deprecated) list Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:53:09 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 CC: "Theodore Tso" , "Matt Mackall" , "Andrew Morton" , mtk.manpages@gmail.com, "Randy Dunlap" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <200904101153.09416.rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Apr 2009 15:50:49.0578 (UTC) FILETIME=[1EBF44A0:01C9B9F4] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1478 Lines: 45 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 --- 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 @@ --------------------------- +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 & Matt Mackall + +--------------------------- + What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter When: March 2010 / desktop catchup --- -- 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/