Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:12:05 -0500 | Subject | Re: Intel RNG: firmware hub changes in 2.6.19 break 82802 detection on Core2 Duo MacBook Pro | From | (Joseph Fannin) |
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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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