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Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] New TPM driver and features
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On 07/26/2012 07:31 AM, Kent Yoder wrote:
>        hw_random: add support for the TPM chip as a hardware RNG source

Could you clarify this?  rngd (the user of /dev/hw_random) already has 
support for the TPM... is this fundamentally different (e.g. can it 
coexist with tcsd being in use at the same time)?

	-hpa

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