>>> Chris Wright <[email protected]> 21.11.06 03:21 >>>
>* Dave Jones ([email protected]) wrote:
>> Since I pushed an update to our Fedora users based on 2.6.18.2, a few people
>> have reported they no longer have their RNG's detected.
>> Here's one report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=215144
>
>Hmm, I wonder if the report is valid? Jan's patch would have the correct
>side effect of disabling false positives (for RNG identification).
>Be good to check that it actually used to work.
Indeed, that is quite significant to know here.
>Having said that, Jan the datasheet recommendation is looser than your
>implementation. It only recommends checking for manufacturer code,
>you check device code as well. Do you know of any scenarios where that
>would matter (I can't conceive of any)?
Since Intel doesn't list any other device codes, I suppose there are none.
But of course, it's not entirely impossible that there are others, but I
wouldn't want to relax the already weak check; I'd rather want to add
other device codes if we have proof that these are valid.
Jan
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