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SubjectRe: [stable] [PATCH 46/61] fix Intel RNG detection
>>> Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> 21.11.06 03:21 >>>
>* Dave Jones (davej@redhat.com) wrote:
>> Since I pushed an update to our Fedora users based on 2.6.18.2, a few people
>> have reported they no longer have their RNG's detected.
>> Here's one report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=215144
>
>Hmm, I wonder if the report is valid? Jan's patch would have the correct
>side effect of disabling false positives (for RNG identification).
>Be good to check that it actually used to work.

Indeed, that is quite significant to know here.

>Having said that, Jan the datasheet recommendation is looser than your
>implementation. It only recommends checking for manufacturer code,
>you check device code as well. Do you know of any scenarios where that
>would matter (I can't conceive of any)?

Since Intel doesn't list any other device codes, I suppose there are none.
But of course, it's not entirely impossible that there are others, but I
wouldn't want to relax the already weak check; I'd rather want to add
other device codes if we have proof that these are valid.

Jan
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