Re: [PATCH v2] random: remove CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM

2022-07-06 Thread Heiko Carstens
On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 02:32:25AM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > When RDRAND was introduced, there was much discussion on whether it > should be trusted and how the kernel should handle that. Initially, two > mechanisms cropped up, CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM, a compile time switch, and > "nordrand", a

Re: [PATCH v2] random: remove CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM

2022-07-05 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 02:32:25AM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > When RDRAND was introduced, there was much discussion on whether it > should be trusted and how the kernel should handle that. Initially, two > mechanisms cropped up, CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM, a compile time switch, and > "nordrand", a