Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932795AbWKMTN4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:13:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932797AbWKMTN4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:13:56 -0500 Received: from ms-smtp-05.ohiordc.rr.com ([65.24.5.139]:16325 "EHLO ms-smtp-05.ohiordc.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932795AbWKMTNz (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:13:55 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:12:05 -0500 To: Julien BLACHE Cc: linux-kernel , jgarzik@pobox.com Subject: Re: Intel RNG: firmware hub changes in 2.6.19 break 82802 detection on Core2 Duo MacBook Pro Message-ID: <20061113191205.GA15349@nineveh.rivenstone.net> Mail-Followup-To: Julien BLACHE , linux-kernel , jgarzik@pobox.com References: <87u015osxb.fsf@frigate.technologeek.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87u015osxb.fsf@frigate.technologeek.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 From: jhf@columbus.rr.com (Joseph Fannin) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1403 Lines: 52 --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 11:33:52AM +0100, Julien BLACHE wrote: > Hi, > > On a new Core2 Duo MacBook Pro, 2.6.19-rc5 fails to detect the 82802 > RNG with this message: > > intel_rng: FWH not detected > > Though it worked in 2.6.18: > > Intel 82802 RNG detected > > > This is an x86_64 kernel booted via good old lilo, so using the > BootCamp BIOS emulation provided by Apple. The intel_rng driver recently changed the way it detected the RNG, because it got a lot of false positives. I have the older Core Duo MacBook, and there is no RNG here, though it used to be detected. rngd would disable it immediately when I tried to use it. -- Joseph Fannin jfannin@gmail.com || jhf@columbus.rr.com --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFWMOE1/BPLCVlRuARAm/FAKCBkEx9f6I87P+vha32jxvVZvPWggCgxVn0 pJ+EYphI+Ui3w+HpoMoW+Ic= =K+/P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/