Linus Torvalds Drops Old Linux Kconfig Option To Address Tiresome Kernel Log Spam

Phoronix Feb 23, 2026

Following yesterday's Linux 7.0-rc1 release, Linus Torvalds authored and merged a patch to get rid of the Linux kernel's WARN_ALL_UNSEEDED_RANDOM Kconfig option. While that option was added with good intentions, on some systems it can yield a lot of unnecessary kernel log spam...

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