From 59f5d35f83738bf07e66f8cdcff32a433df804a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Buesch Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:24:58 -0700 Subject: [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 Acked-by: Jeff Garzik Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/char/Kconfig | 15 --------------- 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/char/Kconfig') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3