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authorMichael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>2006-06-26 00:24:58 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-06-26 09:58:19 -0700
commit59f5d35f83738bf07e66f8cdcff32a433df804a3 (patch)
tree886c17315aaeb887d764bca659eda1a514392b9e /drivers/char/Kconfig
parent9637f28f8b9facff53b00bea6b5d27c9b150b422 (diff)
downloadlinux-59f5d35f83738bf07e66f8cdcff32a433df804a3.tar.bz2
[PATCH] Remove old HW RNG support
This patch series replaces the old non-generic Hardware Random Number Generator support by a fully generic RNG API. This makes it possible to register additional RNGs from modules. With this patch series applied, Laptops with a bcm43xx chip (PowerBook) have a HW RNG available now. Additionally two new RNG drivers are added for the "ixp4xx" and "omap" devices. (Written by Deepak Saxena). This patch series includes the old patches by Deepak Saxena. The old x86-rng driver has beed split. The userspace RNG daemon can later be updated to select the RNG through /sys/class/misc/hw_random/ for convenience. For now it is sufficient to use cat and echo -n on the sysfs attributes. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index 63f28d169b36..e4b44c68ad0f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -670,21 +670,6 @@ config NWFLASH
If you're not sure, say N.
-config HW_RANDOM
- tristate "Intel/AMD/VIA HW Random Number Generator support"
- depends on (X86 || IA64) && PCI
- ---help---
- This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
- Generator hardware found on Intel i8xx-based motherboards,
- AMD 76x-based motherboards, and Via Nehemiah CPUs.
-
- Provides a character driver, used to read() entropy data.
-
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called hw_random.
-
- If unsure, say N.
-
config NVRAM
tristate "/dev/nvram support"
depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM