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random: Add comment to random_initialize()
Many platforms have per-machine instance data (serial numbers, asset tags, etc.) squirreled away in areas that are accessed during early system bringup. Mixing this data into the random pools has a very high value in providing better random data, so we should allow (and even encourage) architecture code to call add_device_randomness() from the setup_arch() paths. However, this limits our options for internal structure of the random driver since random_initialize() is not called until long after setup_arch(). Add a big fat comment to rand_initialize() spelling out this requirement. Suggested-by:Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by:
Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Signed-off-by:
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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