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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11)
    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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