Messages in this thread | | | From | Bernd Eckenfels <> | Subject | Re: [patch 2.4 2/2] add hw_random RNG driver | Date | Fri, 08 Aug 2003 05:22:48 +0200 |
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In article <20030808025502.GA31909@gtf.org> you wrote: > + bits the RNG circuitry will enter a low power state. Intel will > + provide a binary software driver to give third party software > + access to our RNG for use as a security feature. At this time, > + the RNG is only to be used with a system in an OS-present state.
this part is confusing, seems it does not apply to linux kernel?
> + hardware is faulty or has been tampered with). Data is only > + output if the hardware "has-data" flag is set
where is the flag coming from, where can one read it? What happens if no data is present, will it block?
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