From: Kieran Bingham <kieranbingham@gmail.com>
To: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, peter@korsgaard.com,
festevam@gmail.com, kernel@stlinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] hwrng: Kconfig: Fix device node name reference /dev/hw_random => /dev/hwrng
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:19:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAB3z_RrkhWw=zpAobzJRx9aoYF35PP3GkOfpUQ7byPhMUR5BPQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1442497557-9271-3-git-send-email-lee.jones@linaro.org>
On 17 September 2015 at 14:45, Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> wrote:
> In April 2009, commit d405640 ("Driver Core: misc: add node name support
> for misc devices.") inadvertently changed the device node name from
> /dev/hw_random to /dev/hwrng. Since 6 years has passed since the change
> it seems unpractical to change it back, as this node name is probably
> considered ABI by now. So instead, we'll just change the Kconfig help
> to match the current situation.
>
> NB: It looks like rng-tools have already been updated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Kieran Bingham <kieranbingham@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig b/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
> index f48cf11..8998108 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ menuconfig HW_RANDOM
>
> To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
> module will be called rng-core. This provides a device
> - that's usually called /dev/hw_random, and which exposes one
> + that's usually called /dev/hwrng, and which exposes one
> of possibly several hardware random number generators.
>
> These hardware random number generators do not feed directly
> --
> 1.9.1
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-09-18 10:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-17 13:45 [PATCH v2 0/7] hwrng: Add support for STMicroelectronics' RNG IP Lee Jones
2015-09-17 13:45 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] Documentation: hw_random: Fix device node name reference /dev/hw_random => /dev/hwrng Lee Jones
2015-09-18 10:18 ` Kieran Bingham
2015-09-17 13:45 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] hwrng: Kconfig: " Lee Jones
2015-09-18 10:19 ` Kieran Bingham [this message]
2015-09-17 13:45 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] hwrng: core: Simplify RNG switching from sysfs Lee Jones
2015-09-17 14:08 ` Peter Korsgaard
2015-09-17 13:45 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] hwrng: st: Provide DT bindings for ST's Random Number Generator Lee Jones
2015-09-18 16:21 ` Stephen Boyd
2015-09-18 16:23 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-17 13:45 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] hwrng: st: Add support for ST's HW " Lee Jones
2015-09-18 10:44 ` Kieran Bingham
2015-10-05 10:44 ` Daniel Thompson
2015-10-05 12:11 ` Lee Jones
2015-10-05 12:54 ` Daniel Thompson
2015-10-05 14:52 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-17 13:45 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] ARM: STi: STiH407: Enable the 2 HW Random Number Generators for STiH4{07,10} Lee Jones
2015-10-01 10:57 ` [STLinux Kernel] [PATCH v2 6/7] ARM: STi: STiH407: Enable the 2 HW Random Number Generators for STiH4{07, 10} Maxime Coquelin
2015-09-17 13:45 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] MAINTAINERS: Add ST's Random Number Generator to the ST entry Lee Jones
2015-09-18 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] hwrng: Add support for STMicroelectronics' RNG IP Herbert Xu
2015-09-18 14:53 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-18 15:11 ` Herbert Xu
2015-09-18 15:51 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-18 23:12 ` Herbert Xu
2015-09-19 9:21 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-20 1:23 ` Herbert Xu
2015-09-20 4:39 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-29 14:29 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-30 13:47 ` Herbert Xu
2015-09-30 14:15 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-30 14:28 ` Herbert Xu
2015-09-30 14:49 ` [STLinux Kernel] " Maxime Coquelin
2015-09-30 14:50 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-29 9:20 ` [STLinux Kernel] " Peter Griffin
2015-09-29 10:42 ` Lee Jones
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