Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:37:05 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11) |
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Andi Kleen wrote: > Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> writes: > > >>David McCullough <davidm@snapgear.com> wrote: >> >>>Here is a small patch for 2.6.11 that adds a routine: >>> >>> add_true_randomness(__u32 *buf, int nwords); >> >>It neither applies correctly nor compiles in current kernels. 2.6.11 is >>very old in kernel time. >> >>Are we likely to see any in-kernel users of this? > > > I added similar support to the pre hw_random AMD8111 driver > a long time ago. Basically a timer that regularly read some > dat from the hw random generator and feed it into the random > code. > > I think it is a good idea, because it doesnt make much sense > imho to run a daemon for something that can be done in 20 lines > of code in the kernel.
Check your kernel history.
We -used- to need data from RNG directly into the kernel randomness pool. The consensus was that the FIPS testing should be moved to userspace.
Jeff
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