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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: tco/rng support for Intel chipsets other than the i810?
Date: 18 Nov 2002 11:23:32 -0800
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Followup to:  <3DD93CD2.10100@pobox.com>
By author:    Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> >
> > Do you think I can just add an entry into the rng_pci_tbl[] for my 845PE
> > (8086, 2560) and have it work?
> 
> I don't have the docs, so I'm guessing here, but it's entirely possible.
> 

FWIW, the Intel RNG isn't really in the chipset proper, but rather in
the "firmware hub", the glorified BIOS ROM.  The detection mechanism
is interesting, to say the least.

	-hpa
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