Re: [patch 23/38] alpha: Select ARCH_HAS_RANDOM_ENTROPY

Magnus Lindholm <[email protected]> Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:22:51 +0200

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On Fri, Apr 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The only remaining usage of get_cycles() is to provide
> random_get_entropy().
>
> Switch alpha over to the new scheme of selecting ARCH_HAS_RANDOM_ENTROPY
> and providing random_get_entropy() in asm/random.h.
>
> Remove asm/timex.h as it has no functionality anymore.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
> Cc: Richard Henderson <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> ---
>  arch/alpha/Kconfig              |    1 +
>  arch/alpha/include/asm/random.h |   14 ++++++++++++++
>  arch/alpha/include/asm/timex.h  |   26 --------------------------
>  3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

Hi,

The Alpha side looks fine to me.

I've applied this patch on top of v7.0-rc7, built a kernel successfully,
boot-tested it on an Alpha UP2000+ (SMP) without issues.

Acked-by: Magnus Lindholm <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Magnus Lindholm <[email protected]>

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