[adding linux-crypto]
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:56:02 -0500
Matt Mackall <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 08:19 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > +static struct hwrng ppc4xx_rng = {
> > + .name = MODULE_NAME,
> > + .data_present = ppc4xx_rng_data_present,
> > + .data_read = ppc4xx_rng_data_read,
> > +};
under what criteria should new hwrng drivers use the new hwrng API?
See commit bb347d9 "hwrng: virtio-rng - Convert to new API".
Kim
On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 11:38 -0500, Kim Phillips wrote:
> [adding linux-crypto]
>
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:56:02 -0500
> Matt Mackall <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 08:19 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > > +static struct hwrng ppc4xx_rng = {
> > > + .name = MODULE_NAME,
> > > + .data_present = ppc4xx_rng_data_present,
> > > + .data_read = ppc4xx_rng_data_read,
> > > +};
>
> under what criteria should new hwrng drivers use the new hwrng API?
If the RNG is not fundamentally u32-based (like this one), it's strongly
encouraged. We'll eventually abandon the old interface, but I don't
think there's any hurry.
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