[{"id":3676284,"web_url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/comment/3676284/","msgid":"","date":"2026-04-12T13:22:51","subject":"Re: [patch 23/38] alpha: Select ARCH_HAS_RANDOM_ENTROPY","submitter":{"id":90300,"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/people/90300/","name":"Magnus Lindholm","email":"linmag7@gmail.com"},"content":"On Fri, Apr 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM Thomas Gleixner wrote:\n>\n> The only remaining usage of get_cycles() is to provide\n> random_get_entropy().\n>\n> Switch alpha over to the new scheme of selecting ARCH_HAS_RANDOM_ENTROPY\n> and providing random_get_entropy() in asm/random.h.\n>\n> Remove asm/timex.h as it has no functionality anymore.\n>\n> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner \n> Cc: Richard Henderson \n> Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org\n> ---\n> arch/alpha/Kconfig | 1 +\n> arch/alpha/include/asm/random.h | 14 ++++++++++++++\n> arch/alpha/include/asm/timex.h | 26 --------------------------\n> 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)\n\nHi,\n\nThe Alpha side looks fine to me.\n\nI've applied this patch on top of v7.0-rc7, built a kernel successfully,\nboot-tested it on an Alpha UP2000+ (SMP) without issues.\n\nAcked-by: Magnus Lindholm \nTested-by: Magnus Lindholm ","headers":{"Return-Path":"\n ","X-Original-To":["incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org","linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org"],"Delivered-To":"patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org","Authentication-Results":["legolas.ozlabs.org;\n\tdkim=pass (2048-bit key;\n unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.a=rsa-sha256\n header.s=20251104 header.b=qgimthR2;\n\tdkim-atps=neutral","legolas.ozlabs.org;\n spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=lists.ozlabs.org\n (client-ip=112.213.38.117; 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