From: "Jan Beulich" Despite it being small, there should be the option of making it a module... Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich Cc: Michael Buesch Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig | 19 +++++++++++-------- drivers/char/hw_random/Makefile | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig~allow-hwrandom-core-to-be-a-module drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig~allow-hwrandom-core-to-be-a-module +++ a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig @@ -3,17 +3,20 @@ # config HW_RANDOM - bool "Hardware Random Number Generator Core support" - default y + tristate "Hardware Random Number Generator Core support" + default m ---help--- Hardware Random Number Generator Core infrastructure. + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called rng-core. + If unsure, say Y. config HW_RANDOM_INTEL tristate "Intel HW Random Number Generator support" depends on HW_RANDOM && (X86 || IA64) && PCI - default y + default HW_RANDOM ---help--- This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number Generator hardware found on Intel i8xx-based motherboards. @@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ config HW_RANDOM_INTEL config HW_RANDOM_AMD tristate "AMD HW Random Number Generator support" depends on HW_RANDOM && X86 && PCI - default y + default HW_RANDOM ---help--- This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number Generator hardware found on AMD 76x-based motherboards. @@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ config HW_RANDOM_AMD config HW_RANDOM_GEODE tristate "AMD Geode HW Random Number Generator support" depends on HW_RANDOM && X86 && PCI - default y + default HW_RANDOM ---help--- This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number Generator hardware found on the AMD Geode LX. @@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ config HW_RANDOM_GEODE config HW_RANDOM_VIA tristate "VIA HW Random Number Generator support" depends on HW_RANDOM && X86_32 - default y + default HW_RANDOM ---help--- This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number Generator hardware found on VIA based motherboards. @@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ config HW_RANDOM_VIA config HW_RANDOM_IXP4XX tristate "Intel IXP4xx NPU HW Random Number Generator support" depends on HW_RANDOM && ARCH_IXP4XX - default y + default HW_RANDOM ---help--- This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number Generator hardware found on the Intel IXP4xx NPU. @@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ config HW_RANDOM_IXP4XX config HW_RANDOM_OMAP tristate "OMAP Random Number Generator support" depends on HW_RANDOM && (ARCH_OMAP16XX || ARCH_OMAP24XX) - default y + default HW_RANDOM ---help--- This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number Generator hardware found on OMAP16xx and OMAP24xx multimedia diff -puN drivers/char/hw_random/Makefile~allow-hwrandom-core-to-be-a-module drivers/char/hw_random/Makefile --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/Makefile~allow-hwrandom-core-to-be-a-module +++ a/drivers/char/hw_random/Makefile @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ # Makefile for HW Random Number Generator (RNG) device drivers. # -obj-$(CONFIG_HW_RANDOM) += core.o +obj-$(CONFIG_HW_RANDOM) += rng-core.o +rng-core-y := core.o obj-$(CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_INTEL) += intel-rng.o obj-$(CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_AMD) += amd-rng.o obj-$(CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_GEODE) += geode-rng.o _