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SubjectRe: Intel RNG: firmware hub changes in 2.6.19 break 82802 detection on Core2 Duo MacBook Pro
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On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 11:33:52AM +0100, Julien BLACHE wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On a new Core2 Duo MacBook Pro, 2.6.19-rc5 fails to detect the 82802
> RNG with this message:
>
> intel_rng: FWH not detected
>
> Though it worked in 2.6.18:
>
> Intel 82802 RNG detected
>
>
> This is an x86_64 kernel booted via good old lilo, so using the
> BootCamp BIOS emulation provided by Apple.

The intel_rng driver recently changed the way it detected the RNG,
because it got a lot of false positives.

I have the older Core Duo MacBook, and there is no RNG here,
though it used to be detected. rngd would disable it immediately when
I tried to use it.

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Joseph Fannin
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