Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:02:39 +0100 | From | Udo van den Heuvel <> | Subject | Re: enable dual rng on VIA C7 |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:49:08 +0100 Udo van den Heuvel <udovdh@xs4all.nl> wrote: > >> Any reason why the second rng on the VIA C7 CPU is not enabled? (...) > Does the patch work?
Yes, at least:
dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null bs=1024 count=1024 shows a higher speed than without the patch.
> It's missing a signed-off-by:, btw
I did not know we are already that far ;-) I mean: can this patch be aplied without hurting C3/C7 CPU's with just one RNG? Maybe an expert needs to test/answer? Maybe some logic needs to be applied around the extra bit?
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