Re: [PATCH v5] random: remove CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM

[Michael Ellerman]

"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 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 boot-time switch.
...
>
>  arch/arm/include/asm/archrandom.h             |  2 ++
>  arch/arm64/Kconfig                            |  8 ------
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/archrandom.h           | 10 --------
>  arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c                |  2 --
>  arch/powerpc/Kconfig                          |  3 ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/archrandom.h         |  3 ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h            |  2 --
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/microwatt/Kconfig      |  1 -
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Kconfig        |  1 -
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig        |  1 -

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (powerpc)

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