From: nick black <dank@suburbanjihad.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: marcelo@conectiva.com.br
Subject: [PATCH] 2.4.22-pre7 configure help incorrect (i810_rng)
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:51:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030723205120.GA6898@suburbanjihad.net> (raw)
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i went looking for how the i810 rng exported data to the entropy pool
after reading the 2.4 help text, and was confused when i found no code.
this note was in Documentation/i810_rng.txt:
Version 0.9.5:
* Rip out entropy injection via timer. It never ever
* worked, and a better solution (rngd) is now available.
so the following updates Configure.help to the 2.6 entry:
diff -ur linux-2.4.22-pre7-pristine/Documentation/Configure.help linux-2.4.21/Documentation/Configure.help
--- linux-2.4.22-pre7-pristine/Documentation/Configure.help 2003-07-23 16:40:27.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.4.21/Documentation/Configure.help 2003-07-23 16:44:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -18725,9 +18725,7 @@
This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
Generator hardware found on Intel i8xx-based motherboards.
- Both a character driver, used to read() entropy data, and a timer
- function which automatically adds entropy directly into the
- kernel pool, are exported by this driver.
+ Provides a character driver, used to read() entropy data.
To compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be inserted in
and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), say M here
--
nick black <dank@reflexsecurity.com>
"np: nondeterministic polynomial-time
the class of dashed hopes and idle dreams." - the complexity zoo
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