From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Covington Subject: Re: Standardizing an MSR or other hypercall to get an RNG seed? Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 09:31:55 -0400 Message-ID: <542024CB.2070704@codeaurora.org> References: <541C765B.5050705@codeaurora.org> <15C8041A-3488-4693-B329-3A9FE77A0CB9@gmail.com> <541CA440.8080909@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <541CA440.8080909@zytor.com> 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 To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Theodore Ts'o , kvm list , Gleb Natapov , Linux Virtualization , Paolo Bonzini , Andy Lutomirski , Nadav Amit List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org T24gMDkvMTkvMjAxNCAwNTo0NiBQTSwgSC4gUGV0ZXIgQW52aW4gd3JvdGU6Cj4gT24gMDkvMTkv MjAxNCAwMTo0NiBQTSwgQW5keSBMdXRvbWlyc2tpIHdyb3RlOgo+Pj4KPj4+IEhvd2V2ZXIsIGl0 IHNvdW5kcyB0byBtZSB0aGF0IGF0IGxlYXN0IGZvciBLVk0sIGl0IGlzIHZlcnkgZWFzeSBqdXN0 IHRvIGVtdWxhdGUgdGhlIFJEUkFORCBpbnN0cnVjdGlvbi4gVGhlIGh5cGVydmlzb3Igd291bGQg cmVwb3J0IHRvIHRoZSBndWVzdCB0aGF0IFJEUkFORCBpcyBzdXBwb3J0ZWQgaW4gQ1BVSUQgYW5k IHRoZSBlbXVsYXRlIHRoZSBpbnN0cnVjdGlvbiB3aGVuIGd1ZXN0IGV4ZWN1dGVzIGl0LiBLVk0g YWxyZWFkeSB0cmFwcyBndWVzdCAjVUQgKHdoaWNoIHdvdWxkIG9jY3VyIGlmIFJEUkFORCBleGVj dXRlZCB3aGlsZSBpdCBpcyBub3Qgc3VwcG9ydGVkKSAtIHNvIHRoaXMgc2NoZW1lIHdvdWxkbuKA mXQgaW50cm9kdWNlIGFkZGl0aW9uYWwgb3ZlcmhlYWQgb3ZlciBSRE1TUi4KPj4KPj4gQmVjYXVz ZSB0aGVuIGd1ZXN0IHVzZXIgY29kZSB3aWxsIHRoaW5rIHRoYXQgcmRyYW5kIGlzIHRoZXJlIGFu ZCB3aWxsCj4+IHRyeSB0byB1c2UgaXQsIHJlc3VsdGluZyBpbiBhYnlzbWFsIHBlcmZvcm1hbmNl Lgo+Pgo+IAo+IFllcywgdGhlIHByZXNlbmNlIG9mIFJEUkFORCBpbXBsaWVzIGEgY2hlYXAgYW5k IGluZXhoYXVzdGlibGUgZW50cm9weQo+IHNvdXJjZS4KCkEgZ3Vlc3Qga2VybmVsIGNvdWxkbid0 IG1ha2UgaXQgbG9vayBsaWtlIFJEUkFORCBpcyBub3QgcHJlc2VudCB0byBndWVzdAp1c2Vyc3Bh Y2U/CgpDaHJpc3RvcGhlcgoKLS0gCkVtcGxveWVlIG9mIFF1YWxjb21tIElubm92YXRpb24gQ2Vu dGVyLCBJbmMuClF1YWxjb21tIElubm92YXRpb24gQ2VudGVyLCBJbmMuIGlzIGEgbWVtYmVyIG9m IENvZGUgQXVyb3JhIEZvcnVtLApob3N0ZWQgYnkgdGhlIExpbnV4IEZvdW5kYXRpb24uCl9fX19f X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fClZpcnR1YWxpemF0aW9u IG1haWxpbmcgbGlzdApWaXJ0dWFsaXphdGlvbkBsaXN0cy5saW51eC1mb3VuZGF0aW9uLm9yZwpo dHRwczovL2xpc3RzLmxpbnV4Zm91bmRhdGlvbi5vcmcvbWFpbG1hbi9saXN0aW5mby92aXJ0dWFs aXphdGlvbg==