Re: tco/rng support for Intel chipsets other than the i810?

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
Date: Mon Nov 18 2002 - 14:23:32 EST


Followup to: <3DD93CD2.10100@pobox.com>
By author: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> >
> > Do you think I can just add an entry into the rng_pci_tbl[] for my 845PE
> > (8086, 2560) and have it work?
>
> I don't have the docs, so I'm guessing here, but it's entirely possible.
>

FWIW, the Intel RNG isn't really in the chipset proper, but rather in
the "firmware hub", the glorified BIOS ROM. The detection mechanism
is interesting, to say the least.

        -hpa

-- 
<hpa@transmeta.com> at work, <hpa@zytor.com> in private!
"Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot."
http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt	<amsp@zytor.com>
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sat Nov 23 2002 - 22:00:23 EST