[PATCH 1/2] Initial support for Allwinner's Security ID fuses

Oliver Schinagl oliver+list at schinagl.nl
Thu May 23 11:05:21 EDT 2013


On 05/23/13 16:58, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:10:17AM +0200, Oliver Schinagl wrote:
>> Then, i'm not sure if the driver is the best for this to be loaded?
>> Maxime, what do you think? Personally I would feel more in having
>> this in the mach-sunxi/core.c bit, but then again, this is currently
>> a module and wouldn't be useful to have there. Maxime is far more
>> knowledgeable to answer that.
>
> Hmmm, I don't understand what you mean here. Could you explain what you
> have in mind?
I've thought about it a little, and don't think core.c is a good spot, 
since the module will have to be loaded, or available there. And that's 
really early.

So I guess, during probe, controlled by a parameter perhaps, load all 16 
bytes into the random pool as Linus suggested?
>
> Thanks,
> Maxime
>




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