Re: [stable] [PATCH 46/61] fix Intel RNG detection

[Chris Wright]

* Dave Jones (davej@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Since I pushed an update to our Fedora users based on 2.6.18.2, a few people
> have reported they no longer have their RNG's detected.
> Here's one report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=215144

Hmm, I wonder if the report is valid?  Jan's patch would have the correct
side effect of disabling false positives (for RNG identification).
Be good to check that it actually used to work.

Having said that, Jan the datasheet recommendation is looser than your
implementation.  It only recommends checking for manufacturer code,
you check device code as well.  Do you know of any scenarios where that
would matter (I can't conceive of any)?

thanks,
-chris
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