From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271184AbTHHDWv (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2003 23:22:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271174AbTHHDWv (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2003 23:22:51 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:26550 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271184AbTHHDWu (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2003 23:22:50 -0400 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 2.4 2/2] add hw_random RNG driver In-Reply-To: <20030808025502.GA31909@gtf.org> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.5.19-20030610 ("Darts") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.20-xfs (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 05:22:48 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20030808025502.GA31909@gtf.org> you wrote: > + bits the RNG circuitry will enter a low power state. Intel will > + provide a binary software driver to give third party software > + access to our RNG for use as a security feature. At this time, > + the RNG is only to be used with a system in an OS-present state. this part is confusing, seems it does not apply to linux kernel? > + hardware is faulty or has been tampered with). Data is only > + output if the hardware "has-data" flag is set where is the flag coming from, where can one read it? What happens if no data is present, will it block? Greetings Bernd -- eckes privat - http://www.eckes.org/ Project Freefire - http://www.freefire.org/