From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bugzilla at busybox.net Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:31:01 +0000 Subject: [Buildroot] [Bug 12511] rng-tools has forced dependency on jitterentropy-library ; It slows boot considerably In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12511 --- Comment #1 from Matt Weber --- Sorry to hear about the boot delay issue. The reason it was added by default was I noticed the init script had handled a case of adding entropy when a hwrng wasn't present. I didn't realize the impact when hwrng was enabled. I agree, I think something like a new kconfig sub option named "enable source jitterentropy" under rngd might be best (with a solid help description outlining when to enable it). There isn't a ideal way to get a linux config option to trigger a dependency in the buildroot build. We could tailor the initscript and have it check if there is a hwrng enabled by checking for dev node existence if that is consistance. However we can't probably depend on the linux config being present and parse-able. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.