Re: [PATCH RFC v0] random: block in /dev/urandom

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2022, Joshua Kinard wrote:

> # grep -r "PRID_IMP_R6000" *
> arch/mips/include/asm/cpu.h:70:#define PRID_IMP_R6000           0x0300
>     /* Same as R3000A  */
> arch/mips/include/asm/cpu.h:72:#define PRID_IMP_R6000A          0x0600
> arch/mips/include/asm/timex.h:94:       else if (likely(imp !=
> PRID_IMP_R6000 && imp != PRID_IMP_R6000A))
> 
> I'd say it's better to remove the check and simplify the conditional to
> eliminate this corner case.  Maybe keep the #defines around for
> documentation, but even that may not be necessary for CPUs that likely don't
> exist anymore.

 IIRC Ralf used to have a working R6k machine, but I have no idea what has 
happened to it.  No port of Linux has been made for that system though, 
that's for sure.

  Maciej