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Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] hwrng: Kconfig: Fix device node name reference /dev/hw_random => /dev/hwrng

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On 17 September 2015 at 14:45, Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> wrote:
> In April 2009, commit d405640 ("Driver Core: misc: add node name support
> for misc devices.") inadvertently changed the device node name from
> /dev/hw_random to /dev/hwrng.  Since 6 years has passed since the change
> it seems unpractical to change it back, as this node name is probably
> considered ABI by now.  So instead, we'll just change the Kconfig help
> to match the current situation.
>
> NB: It looks like rng-tools have already been updated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Kieran Bingham <kieranbingham@gmail.com>

> ---
>  drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig b/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
> index f48cf11..8998108 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ menuconfig HW_RANDOM
>
>           To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
>           module will be called rng-core.  This provides a device
> -         that's usually called /dev/hw_random, and which exposes one
> +         that's usually called /dev/hwrng, and which exposes one
>           of possibly several hardware random number generators.
>
>           These hardware random number generators do not feed directly
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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[PATCH v2 2/7] hwrng: Kconfig: Fix device node name reference /dev/hw_random => /dev/hwrng Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2015-09-17 15:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] hwrng: Kconfig: Fix device node name reference  /dev/hw_random => /dev/hwrng Kieran Bingham <kieranbingham@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 12:20 +0200

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