Re: [PATCH] powerpc/rng: wire up during setup_arch

From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Sat Jun 11 2022 - 06:01:24 EST


Hi Christophe,

On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 09:27:43AM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Le 11/06/2022 à 11:22, Jason A. Donenfeld a écrit :
> > Hi Christophe,
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 11:17:23AM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> >> Also, you copied stable. Should you add a Fixes: tag so that we know
> >> what it fixes ?
> >
> > I suppose the fixes tag would be whatever introduced those files in the
> > first place, so not all together useful. But if you want something, feel
> > free to append these when applying the commit:
> >
> > Fixes: a4da0d50b2a0 ("powerpc: Implement arch_get_random_long/int() for powernv")
> > Fixes: a489043f4626 ("powerpc/pseries: Implement arch_get_random_long() based on H_RANDOM")
> > Fixes: c25769fddaec ("powerpc/microwatt: Add support for hardware random number generator")
> >
>
> Well it helps knowing on which stable version it applies.
>
> Maybe it would be cleaner to send three patches ? After all they look

Sounds like irritating paperwork to me.

> like 3 independant changes with nothing in common at all.

"Nothing in common"? I don't know about that.

Anyway, sure, I'll do that and send a v2 series.

Jason