[PATCH v2] mtd: torturetest: add the support for random data pattern

Huang Shijie shijie8 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 15 23:00:33 EST 2013


On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 16:21 +0800, Huang Shijie wrote:
>> Add a new module parameter 'pattern'. The meaning of the pattern is:
>>   (1) pattern == 0 for 55/AA pattern.
>>   (2) pattern < 0 for random pattern.
>>   (3) pattern > 0 for random pattern too, the value of the pattern is used
>>       as the seed for the random generator.
>
> Please, do not add parameters, make it simple - teach the test to use
> both the old patterns plus additional cycles with random patterns.

but if we do not add new parameter, how can we create a random seed?
Is it ok without set the random seed?

thanks
Huang Shijie

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