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From: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>
Cc: Kok, Auke <auke-jan.h.kok@...>, Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...>, Brandeburg, Jesse <jesse.brandeburg@...>, Alan Cox <alan@...>, Chris Peterson <cpeterso@...>, <netdev@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few uses of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
Date: Friday, May 16, 2008 - 9:21 am

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 03:21:49PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:

So where does one get entropy if not the ethernet adapter on many
embedded systems?  If you have no mouse, no keyboard, no hardware number
generator, just ethernet ports and a serial console that usually
receives no input.  While ethernet might not be preferable if you have
something else, sometimes you really don't have anything else.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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[PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few uses o..., Chris Peterson, (Thu May 15, 3:11 am)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Alan Cox, (Thu May 15, 9:21 am)
RE: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Brandeburg, Jesse, (Thu May 15, 12:07 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jeff Garzik, (Thu May 15, 6:42 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Adrian Bunk, (Thu May 15, 5:55 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Matt Mackall, (Sat May 17, 8:36 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jesper Juhl, (Thu May 15, 6:13 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Theodore Tso, (Thu May 15, 6:34 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jesper Juhl, (Thu May 15, 6:57 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jeff Garzik, (Thu May 15, 6:04 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Theodore Tso, (Thu May 15, 6:27 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jeff Garzik, (Thu May 15, 2:04 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Rick Jones, (Thu May 15, 2:17 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jeff Garzik, (Thu May 15, 2:31 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Kok, Auke, (Thu May 15, 2:47 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Glen Turner, (Sun May 25, 10:55 am)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jeff Garzik, (Thu May 15, 3:21 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Lennart Sorensen, (Fri May 16, 9:21 am)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Alan Cox, (Fri May 16, 11:10 am)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Lennart Sorensen, (Fri May 16, 1:36 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Alan Cox, (Fri May 16, 2:11 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Chris Peterson, (Sat May 17, 12:55 am)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Glen Turner, (Sun May 25, 11:09 am)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Theodore Tso, (Sun May 25, 7:27 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Alejandro Riveira , (Mon May 26, 9:43 am)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Bill Fink, (Mon May 26, 11:14 am)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Pavel Machek, (Fri May 30, 3:50 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Rick Jones, (Tue May 27, 12:44 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 26, 5:07 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Bill Fink, (Mon May 26, 5:52 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Ben Hutchings, (Mon May 26, 6:11 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Kok, Auke, (Fri May 16, 2:40 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Lennart Sorensen, (Fri May 16, 2:41 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Alan Cox, (Fri May 16, 4:04 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Lennart Sorensen, (Fri May 16, 4:39 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Alan Cox, (Fri May 16, 4:46 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Lennart Sorensen, (Fri May 16, 2:42 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jeff Garzik, (Fri May 16, 9:40 am)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Will Newton, (Fri May 16, 9:59 am)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jeff Garzik, (Fri May 16, 10:27 am)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Lennart Sorensen, (Fri May 16, 10:15 am)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Chris Peterson, (Thu May 15, 4:01 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Theodore Tso, (Thu May 15, 5:47 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jeff Garzik, (Thu May 15, 5:58 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Thu May 15, 6:29 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jeff Garzik, (Thu May 15, 6:44 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Theodore Tso, (Thu May 15, 7:33 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Thu May 15, 7:58 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Thu May 15, 7:02 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Theodore Tso, (Thu May 15, 7:36 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Thu May 15, 7:46 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jeff Garzik, (Thu May 15, 4:16 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Kok, Auke, (Thu May 15, 4:39 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Alan Cox, (Thu May 15, 12:39 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jeff Garzik, (Thu May 15, 2:14 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Rick Jones, (Fri May 16, 7:28 pm)
[PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' las..., Jeff Garzik, (Thu May 15, 3:55 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Andi Kleen, (Thu May 15, 8:27 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Alan Cox, (Fri May 16, 5:56 am)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., David Miller, (Fri May 16, 3:47 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Andi Kleen, (Fri May 16, 6:19 am)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Adrian Bunk, (Fri May 16, 9:20 am)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Andi Kleen, (Fri May 16, 12:20 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Herbert Xu, (Fri May 16, 8:12 am)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Andi Kleen, (Fri May 16, 12:25 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Helge Hafting, (Thu May 22, 5:28 am)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Herbert Xu, (Fri May 16, 9:01 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Andi Kleen, (Sat May 17, 6:59 am)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Chris Peterson, (Sat May 17, 3:54 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Andi Kleen, (Sun May 18, 6:08 am)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Arjan van de Ven, (Sat May 17, 4:05 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Andi Kleen, (Sun May 18, 6:13 am)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Theodore Tso, (Sun May 18, 7:26 am)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Andi Kleen, (Sun May 18, 1:53 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Glen Turner, (Sun May 25, 11:26 am)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers'..., Joe Korty, (Sun May 18, 8:57 am)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Rick Jones, (Thu May 15, 2:50 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jeff Garzik, (Thu May 15, 3:11 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Kok, Auke, (Thu May 15, 2:47 pm)
Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few us..., Jeff Garzik, (Thu May 15, 3:10 pm)