Re: Hooks for random device entropy generation missing in cpqarray.c

Manon Goo
2002-03-20T15:40:33Z

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No its is not there are certain bloc devices like cpqarray an mylex DAC960
(which handles this correctly)
which do noether use the SCSI or the IDE driver.

Manon

--On Mittwoch, 20. März 2002 16:38 Uhr +0200 Zwane Mwaikambo
<zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz> wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Manon Goo wrote:
>
>> All hooks for the random ganeration (add_blkdev_randomness() ) are
>> ignored in the cpqarray / ida driver.
>> Is a patch available ?
>> or an other updated driver ?
>> any hints where to put add_blkdev_randomness() in your driver ?
>
> Its all handled by drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c, its a generic service so is
> done for all drivers.
>
>> is add_interrupt_randomness() called on an i386 SMP IO-APCI system ?
>
> Yes, check out arch/i386/kernel/irq.c:handle_IRQ_event, irq.c is the
> generic code which sits on top of the real interrupt controller driver,
> be it an IOAPIC or regular PIC.
>
> Cheers,
> Zwane
>
>

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