From cbc96b7594b5691d61eba2db8b2ea723645be9ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tony Luck Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:47:57 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] random: Add comment to random_initialize() Many platforms have per-machine instance data (serial numbers, asset tags, etc.) squirreled away in areas that are accessed during early system bringup. Mixing this data into the random pools has a very high value in providing better random data, so we should allow (and even encourage) architecture code to call add_device_randomness() from the setup_arch() paths. However, this limits our options for internal structure of the random driver since random_initialize() is not called until long after setup_arch(). Add a big fat comment to rand_initialize() spelling out this requirement. Suggested-by: Theodore Ts'o Signed-off-by: Tony Luck Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o --- Reading git-format-patch failed