Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few uses ofIRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM

[Jeff Garzik]

Kok, Auke wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Alan Cox wrote:
> > > > In short, I agree with Alan's IRQF_SAMPLE_DUBIOUS, and know of Linux
> > > > customers who also want the same.
> > > They should be made to read the Debian ssh security report - three times
> > > and understand the same would apply to them if something did cause their
> > > network packet arrivals to be observed or non-random
> > >
> > > Far better would be to get your CPU guys to put an RNG back into the
> > > systems or on the CPU die ala VIA. Given I've even seen people using VIA
> > > boxes as a random number feeder (streaming random numbers over SSL) there
> > > is clearly a demand 8)
> > The Treacherous Platform Module includes an RNG.
> >
> > Someone (hi Jesse?) should implement support for TPM_GetRandom.
>
> Sounds like something he should neither use in the e1000 driver nor implement :)
>
> This would be an interesting thing to the generic rng support in linux though

That's what I meant.  Support should be implemented in the appropriate 
place in order to solve the problem Jesse's complaining about.  That 
appropriate place being drivers/char/hw_random/

	Jeff




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