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From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] random: use hwgenerator randomness more frequently at
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Hi Jason,

Am Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 03:02:34PM +0200 schrieb Jason A. Donenfeld:
> Hi Dominik,
> 
> On Sun, Sep 04, 2022 at 12:17:53PM +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> > Mix in randomness from hw-rng sources more frequently during early
> > boot, approximately once for every rng reseed.
> 
> Nice idea.
> 
> > Jason, if you prefer that this patch can be applied first (as it
> > makes sense also independently of the other patch), this ordering
> > should be trivial to change.
> 
> I'll apply this patch first, yea, since it's independent.
> 
> > -static bool crng_has_old_seed(void)
> > +static unsigned int crng_interval(void)
> 
> crng_reseed_interval() instead?

Sounds good. Thanks!

	Dominik