linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix Intel RNG detection

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Date:	Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:43:32 +0200
From:	"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com>
To:	"gmu 2k6" <gmu2006@...il.com>
Cc:	<jgarzik@...ox.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix Intel RNG detection

># dmesg | grep rng
>intel_rng: FWH not detected
>
>looks like this ProLiant box with the ICH5 chip has no usable RNG
>included, or should it?

A configuration like this is what actually motivated me to write the
patch. You need to remember that the RNG doesn't live in the ICH, but in
the FWH (which is a different chip not showing up as a separate device
anywhere) with only some access parameters being configured via the LPC
device inside the ICH.

Jan
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