From: "gmu 2k6" <gmu2006@gmail.com>
To: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com>
Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix Intel RNG detection
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:51:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f96157c40607270851i1e791774i81a557e6f0386c87@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44C8FB44.76E4.0078.0@novell.com>
On 7/27/06, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> wrote:
> ># dmesg | grep rng
> >intel_rng: FWH not detected
> >
> >looks like this ProLiant box with the ICH5 chip has no usable RNG
> >included, or should it?
>
> A configuration like this is what actually motivated me to write the
> patch. You need to remember that the RNG doesn't live in the ICH, but in
> the FWH (which is a different chip not showing up as a separate device
> anywhere) with only some access parameters being configured via the LPC
> device inside the ICH.
well, then let's push it into Linus' tree after the proposed cleanups.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-27 15:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-27 11:23 Jan Beulich
2006-07-27 14:23 ` Michael Buesch
2006-07-27 15:16 ` Jan Beulich
2006-07-27 15:18 ` gmu 2k6
2006-07-27 15:35 ` gmu 2k6
2006-07-27 15:43 ` Jan Beulich
2006-07-27 15:51 ` gmu 2k6 [this message]
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