Re: [GIT PULL] Device tree updates for v3.12

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Tue Sep 10 2013 - 17:45:04 EST


On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Tim Bird <tbird20d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Well, I'm not sure how many bits of randomness this will add anyway.
> The way we're using device tree, we get the same values every boot, on
> all instances of the same phone model. So this seems of little value.

If I recall correctly, somebody said that things like ethernet MAC
addresses etc sometimes come from DT. Is my memory going, or is that
true but very rare?

Linus
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