Re: [PATCH] CPU Jitter RNG: inclusion into kernel crypto API and/dev/random

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> >BTW: MFENCE is not guaranteed to flush the instruction pipeline; you
> >need CPUID for that.
> 
> I was not aware of that. Can I simply call the CPUID instruction to read 
> it or do I have to do something special?

Simply call CPUID (warning, it clobbers some registers.).
								Pavel

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