From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 03:04:39 +0000 Subject: Re: hardware random number generator? Message-Id: <20040323030439.GR25059@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> List-Id: References: <405F9A2E.8040509@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <405F9A2E.8040509@pobox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 09:00:14PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > 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. There are some Intel ICH-based motherboards w/ > IA64 chips on them, maybe? I certainly don't recall adding that IA64 > marker... :) Heh. ICH is x86-only, as far as I know. Intel did the 460GX chipset for Merced and now have the E8870 chipset for McKinley/Madison. Anyone familiar with the Intel chipsets want to comment about the presence or absence of a RNG? -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain