Re: [PATCH 1/2] rngd: add udev rule to source from hwrng if virtio-rng present

From: Amit Shah
Date: Mon Aug 11 2014 - 03:16:22 EST


On (Fri) 08 Aug 2014 [14:46:27], H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 08/08/2014 02:07 AM, Amit Shah wrote:
> >
> >
> >> To
> >> some degree the above is obsolete when we get khwrngd widely deployed,
> >> but that is a new-kernel-only kind of thing.
> >
> > Right - I'm wondering if any such changes as propsed here are now
> > obsolted already by khwrngd?
> >
>
> In this case, yes, khwrngd would be a better solution for current kernels.

I think that's OK with me.

What's the suggested value for rng->quality, though, for virtio-rng
that I can use to ensure the kthread starts?

Should I use the 700 (70%) as proposed in the original patchset? I'm
not exactly sure how that value will be used as well..


Amit
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