From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752683AbaHKHQT (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2014 03:16:19 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:24048 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752227AbaHKHQR (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2014 03:16:17 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:45:27 +0530 From: Amit Shah To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: jgarzik@bitpay.com, Virtualization List , Amos Kong , Rusty Russell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ricardo Neri , duwe@lst.de Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] rngd: add udev rule to source from hwrng if virtio-rng present Message-ID: <20140811071527.GB4184@grmbl.mre> References: <53E3D3FF.70707@linux.intel.com> <20140808090715.GG14400@grmbl.mre> <53E54533.8030109@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <53E54533.8030109@linux.intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 some degree the above is obsolete when we get khwrngd widely deployed, 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