From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: hardware random number generator?
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 02:00:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <405F9A2E.8040509@pobox.com> (raw)
Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> config HW_RANDOM
> tristate "Intel/AMD/VIA HW Random Number Generator support"
> depends on (X86 || IA64) && PCI
> ---help---
> This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
> Generator hardware found on Intel i8xx-based motherboards,
> AMD 76x-based motherboards, and Via Nehemiah CPUs.
>
> Why IA64 too? This file contains the code:
No idea. <guessing> There are some Intel ICH-based motherboards w/
IA64 chips on them, maybe? I certainly don't recall adding that IA64
marker... :)
Jeff
next reply other threads:[~2004-03-23 2:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-23 2:00 Jeff Garzik [this message]
2004-03-23 3:04 ` hardware random number generator? Matthew Wilcox
2004-03-24 7:23 ` Mallick, Asit K
2004-03-25 0:11 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2004-04-06 21:27 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2004-04-06 22:52 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-04-19 16:55 ` Jeff Garzik
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2003-12-10 20:50 Matthew Wilcox
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