From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: Standardizing an MSR or other hypercall to get an RNG seed? Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:46:40 -0700 Message-ID: <541CA440.8080909@zytor.com> References: <541C765B.5050705@codeaurora.org> <15C8041A-3488-4693-B329-3A9FE77A0CB9@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Cc: Theodore Ts'o , kvm list , Gleb Natapov , Linux Virtualization , Paolo Bonzini To: Andy Lutomirski , Nadav Amit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org T24gMDkvMTkvMjAxNCAwMTo0NiBQTSwgQW5keSBMdXRvbWlyc2tpIHdyb3RlOgo+Pgo+PiBIb3dl dmVyLCBpdCBzb3VuZHMgdG8gbWUgdGhhdCBhdCBsZWFzdCBmb3IgS1ZNLCBpdCBpcyB2ZXJ5IGVh c3kganVzdCB0byBlbXVsYXRlIHRoZSBSRFJBTkQgaW5zdHJ1Y3Rpb24uIFRoZSBoeXBlcnZpc29y IHdvdWxkIHJlcG9ydCB0byB0aGUgZ3Vlc3QgdGhhdCBSRFJBTkQgaXMgc3VwcG9ydGVkIGluIENQ VUlEIGFuZCB0aGUgZW11bGF0ZSB0aGUgaW5zdHJ1Y3Rpb24gd2hlbiBndWVzdCBleGVjdXRlcyBp dC4gS1ZNIGFscmVhZHkgdHJhcHMgZ3Vlc3QgI1VEICh3aGljaCB3b3VsZCBvY2N1ciBpZiBSRFJB TkQgZXhlY3V0ZWQgd2hpbGUgaXQgaXMgbm90IHN1cHBvcnRlZCkgLSBzbyB0aGlzIHNjaGVtZSB3 b3VsZG7igJl0IGludHJvZHVjZSBhZGRpdGlvbmFsIG92ZXJoZWFkIG92ZXIgUkRNU1IuCj4gCj4g QmVjYXVzZSB0aGVuIGd1ZXN0IHVzZXIgY29kZSB3aWxsIHRoaW5rIHRoYXQgcmRyYW5kIGlzIHRo ZXJlIGFuZCB3aWxsCj4gdHJ5IHRvIHVzZSBpdCwgcmVzdWx0aW5nIGluIGFieXNtYWwgcGVyZm9y bWFuY2UuCj4gCgpZZXMsIHRoZSBwcmVzZW5jZSBvZiBSRFJBTkQgaW1wbGllcyBhIGNoZWFwIGFu ZCBpbmV4aGF1c3RpYmxlIGVudHJvcHkKc291cmNlLgoKCS1ocGEKCgpfX19fX19fX19fX19fX19f X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fXwpWaXJ0dWFsaXphdGlvbiBtYWlsaW5nIGxp c3QKVmlydHVhbGl6YXRpb25AbGlzdHMubGludXgtZm91bmRhdGlvbi5vcmcKaHR0cHM6Ly9saXN0 cy5saW51eGZvdW5kYXRpb24ub3JnL21haWxtYW4vbGlzdGluZm8vdmlydHVhbGl6YXRpb24=