Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:27:29 -0500 | | From | Dave Jones <> | | Subject | Re: [stable] [PATCH 46/61] fix Intel RNG detection |
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 08:53:08AM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: > >It does appear to work w/out the patch. I've asked for a small bit > >of diagnostics (below), perhaps you've got something you'd rather see? > >I expect this to be a 24C0 LPC Bridge. > > Yes, that's what I'd have asked for. If it works, I expect the device > code to be different, or both manufacturer and device code to be > invalid. Depending on the outcome, perhaps we'll need an override > option so that this test can be partially (i.e. just the device code > part) or entirely (all the FWH detection) skipped. > The base problem is the vague documentation of the whole > detection mechanism - a lot of this I had to read between the lines.
The bug report I referenced came back with this from that debug patch..
intel_rng: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted. intel_rng: pci vendor:device 8086:24c0 fwh_dec_en1 80 bios_cntl_val 2 mfc cb dvc 88 intel_rng: FWH not detected
Dave
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