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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:45:35 -0500 From: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> To: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org, Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>, Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>, Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>, Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>, torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...l.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>, Metathronius Galabant <m.galabant@...glemail.com>, Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de> Subject: Re: [PATCH 46/61] fix Intel RNG detection On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:34:26PM -0800, Chris Wright wrote: > From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com> > > [PATCH] fix Intel RNG detection > > Previously, since determination whether there was an Intel random number > generator was based on a single bit, on systems with a matching bridge > device but without a firmware hub, there was a 50% chance that the code > would incorrectly decide that the system had an RNG. This patch adds > detection of the firmware hub to better qualify the existence of an RNG. > > There is one issue with the patch: I was unable to determine the LPC > equivalent for the PCI bridge 8086:2430 (since the old code didn't care > about which of the many devices provided by the ICH/ESB it was chose to use > the PCI bridge device, but the FWH settings live in the LPC device, so the > device list needed to be changed). > > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com> > Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org> > Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de> > Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org> Since I pushed an update to our Fedora users based on 2.6.18.2, a few people have reported they no longer have their RNG's detected. Here's one report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=215144 Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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