Re: faster via/centaur hw rng throughput patch for 2.6.8.1

Jeff Garzik
2004-08-27T19:22:52Z

Martin Peck wrote:
> i have prepared a hw_random.c patch for the via / centaur C5P
> processor entropy sources which utilizes module parameters to
> achieve significant increases in throughput.

hmmmm.

Honestly I would rather just remove the VIA support from the kernel
completely: it belongs in the userspace rngd
(http://sf.net/projects/gkernel/)

I've been meaning to do this for a while, wanna volunteer? ;-)

The current code is stable and doesn't need module parameters, so I
would prefer to just modify userspace rngd instead.

Jeff