From: Kent Borg <kentborg@borg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] tsc: wire up entropy generation function
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:48:33 -0400
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Matt Mackall wrote:
 > Kent Borg wrote:
 >>So network entropy is being eradicated, and nothing is being done to
 >>replace it.
 >
 >Nothing is being done is a more accurate summary of the situation.


So the feature-removal-schedule.txt entry about IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is 
obsolete?

(Then the trend from three network drivers to ten network drivers should 
be accelerated and restore we should restore the deleted instances of 
IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM??)


-kb, the Kent who sees network adapter interrupt timing as a usually 
good source of entropy.