Re: [patch 0/5] HW RNG cleanup & new drivers

[Deepak Saxena]

On Oct 29 2005, at 18:33, Jeff Garzik was caught saying:
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >On Sat, 29 Oct 2005, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >>I would prefer to let this live in -mm at least for a little while.
> >>Confirmation from AMD, Intel and VIA owners would be really nice, too. 
> >>AMD and
> >>Intel might be a little bit hard to find.  I think Peter Anvin had an 
> >>Intel
> >>ICH w/ RNG at one time...
> >
> >I'm just wondering why via/amd/intel end up being one driver. It would 
> >seem to be more sensible to have separate drivers for them, since they 
> >have no real overlap..
> 
> No real reason other than historical.  Split up would be my preference.

OK, will split and send to Andrew for -mm tree.

~Deepak

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