linux-kernel - Virt RNG?

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Date:	Thu, 15 May 2008 14:48:53 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org
CC:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, jeremy@...source.com,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Subject: Virt RNG?

Has anyone yet written a "hw" RNG module for virt, that reads the host's 
random number pool?

All this talk[1] about IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM in network drivers reminds me 
that virt guest instances should be grabbing random numbers from the 
host, especially if the host has a hardware RNG.

	Jeff



[1] lkml&netdev thread: "[PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' 
last few uses of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM"

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