Dear Christian Riesch, In message <419e5c6e-b2ef-44c2-a4c1-bb25c50fc...@mary.at.omicron.at> you wrote: > Currently eth_random_enetaddr() seeds the random number generator with > get_timer(0). Some boards might want to use other sources for the seed, > therefore move the call of srand() to the board specific code. > > Signed-off-by: Christian Riesch <christian.rie...@omicron.at> > Cc: Michael Walle <mich...@walle.cc> > Cc: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershber...@gmail.com>
I don't like this change. What exactly is wrong with using the timer here? It is probably much more random that the (so-called) "un-initialized" memory you suggest to use instead. If there is really need to use another inital valu, only this should be fixed - but the srand() call itself should remain as is. You cannot do this. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de You can observe a lot just by watchin'. - Yogi Berra _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot