From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932437AbWG0PmZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:42:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932572AbWG0PmZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:42:25 -0400 Received: from gwmail.nue.novell.com ([195.135.221.19]:13992 "EHLO emea5-mh.id5.novell.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932437AbWG0PmY (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:42:24 -0400 Message-Id: <44C8FB44.76E4.0078.0@novell.com> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 7.0.1 Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:43:32 +0200 From: "Jan Beulich" To: "gmu 2k6" Cc: , Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix Intel RNG detection References: <44C8BE63.76E4.0078.0@novell.com> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ># 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. Jan