From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C571A04EF; Tue, 2 Jun 2020 07:11:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 663451BFB9; Tue, 2 Jun 2020 07:11:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-io1-f65.google.com (mail-io1-f65.google.com [209.85.166.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E70A1BFB6 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2020 07:11:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-io1-f65.google.com with SMTP id k18so9542013ion.0 for ; Mon, 01 Jun 2020 22:11:06 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RDaG1uyWsKOeG5/Tx5WgtjDn+QtX93WmiBDcuefQKGs=; b=tXHWEBo1J3SyFHf73De8oAnmlYZKI1fUJQH/73dRl/xTCQ02LuS8eBA8QHS4Mzy0eP /p8fa6e5Lj6WyC9ic0X22NHAmytlc1xdYC1zYKaBI7fg37gUG0U1Jd+bqkFSqOph3+Br ocXyjebQ81rkkgOAA0np3eOYrXSyrsazFJhjAk7Kfq7OW7O+GisQ52v2tTQay7nRh69i UMphJiOqMVUuVeAuqzyYelEbnSQOT1+ylHONb+WvoIDriXp/V0kjnfFp2EyE9zgwq6GH K0EwpPQdXkPkgg9WXsixof0jTuy2qddVHeGcRoY5FMXz1bee4t0JmujwndQzA6k/KCpz 9EnQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531Q4VzIIClQ74NeYm1SuHVsY36wwqOnTjaJnjPmbNgl/ULGNzBb x3zZM/rjVDJV05FoQBL5+8WFykQVsG+aaI+bB5M= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyjkxzMLCLcPqVSgyQUp/WNqFx5T4twPylOmRaj4yvO8LiMqRQ4ODkAOtgz2dDTIl8tLVDhPLqfGBFc9VhObnU= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6602:22d6:: with SMTP id e22mr21794873ioe.128.1591074665865; Mon, 01 Jun 2020 22:11:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200421195446.1730-1-dg@adax.com> <20200421195446.1730-3-dg@adax.com> <5df15087-781e-d27f-b7d8-50b1b8cb0c94@ericsson.com> <80e5cf97-feae-c753-5c65-4f3b121729f3@ericsson.com> <9782db5b1e5d2dfdcfa8e52410fd166df5db938d.camel@debian.org> <7e0c2b55-e842-d5a2-017e-d85194e37452@ericsson.com> In-Reply-To: From: Dan Gora Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 02:10:29 -0300 Message-ID: To: =?UTF-8?Q?Mattias_R=C3=B6nnblom?= Cc: Luca Boccassi , "dev@dpdk.org" , David Marchand , Jerin Jacob Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] eal: resolve getentropy at run time for random seed X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Can these patches be considered again for 20.08? I thought that I addressed all of the issues or at least provided reasonable responses to all of the concerns. thanks dan On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 11:19 AM Dan Gora wrote: > > On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 11:13 AM Dan Gora wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 5:04 AM Mattias R=C3=B6nnblom > > wrote: > > > > > >> so what you are effectively asking is to > > > >> double the size of the support matrix, and for the project to ensu= re > > > >> that every single dependency can always be built against a new ver= sion > > > >> and used against an older one. > > > > No, this is not correct. The size of the support/test matrix is > > > > exactly the same, what changes is the number of build systems that > > > > have to be supported. > > > > > > > > Before my patches you had to test targets with: > > > > > > > > no rdseed and no getentropy > > > > rdseed and no getentropy > > > > no rdseed and getentropy > > > > rdseed and getentropy. > > > > > > > > > rdseed will go away eventually, when all reasonable systems have > > > getentropy(). That might well take a couple of years. > > So then why not just use only /dev/urandom for now, then change DPDK > to use getentropy() when "all reasonable systems have getentropy()"? > > *problem solved* > > thanks > dan