Re: [patch 2/5] Core HW RNG support

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Hi!

> This patch adds support for the HW RNG core. The core code
> simply implements the user space interface and calls HW-specific
> function pointers to do the real data gathering. We do this
> instead of having each driver re-implement the user space functionality
> so we do not end up with a bunch of drivers replicating the exact 
> same 50 lines of code (see drivers/watchdog). 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Deepak Saxena <[email protected]>
> 

> Index: linux-2.6-rng/drivers/char/rng/Makefile
> ===================================================================
> --- /dev/null
> +++ linux-2.6-rng/drivers/char/rng/Makefile

Could we have it named drivers/char/random, or perhaps just
drivers/random?

							Pavel

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Thanks, Sharp!
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