From: "Anders K. Pedersen" <akp@cohaesio.com>
To: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Let DAC960 supply entropy to random pool
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:18:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1141737483.8428.13.camel@homer.cohaesio.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060306174423.GY14549@waste.org>
On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 18:44, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 12:25:24PM +0100, Anders K. Pedersen wrote:
> > Apparently the add_disk_randomness call in ll_rw_blk.c isn't invoked for
> > my setup. There were absolutely no data available from /dev/random for
> > more than an hour (with heavy disk activity) before applying the
> > dac960.c patch, and after applying it, random data were instantly
> > available.
>
> Ok, we probably want this patch. Please test.
>
> Add disk entropy in DAC960 request completions.
Adding this patch (and removing mine) also provides random data, so I'm
happy with either solution.
--
Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
Anders K. Pedersen
Network Engineer
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-07 13:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-23 16:44 Anders K. Pedersen
2006-02-27 0:05 ` Matt Mackall
2006-03-06 11:25 ` Anders K. Pedersen
2006-03-06 17:44 ` Matt Mackall
2006-03-07 13:18 ` Anders K. Pedersen [this message]
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