Return-path: Received: from mail.eperm.de ([89.247.134.16]:34334 "EHLO mail.eperm.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932179AbcHIKGg (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Aug 2016 06:06:36 -0400 From: Stephan Mueller To: Herbert Xu Cc: "Pan, Miaoqing" , Matt Mackall , "miaoqing@codeaurora.org" , "Valo, Kalle" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , ath9k-devel , "linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org" , "jason@lakedaemon.net" , "Sepehrdad, Pouyan" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ath9k: disable RNG by default Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2016 12:06:32 +0200 Message-ID: <11316081.S4pPZmZMrt@tauon.atsec.com> (sfid-20160809_120639_339404_53A374B4) In-Reply-To: <20160809095657.GB6618@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <1470726147-30095-1-git-send-email-miaoqing@codeaurora.org> <12791731.pG3fmEhvyp@tauon.atsec.com> <20160809095657.GB6618@gondor.apana.org.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am Dienstag, 9. August 2016, 17:56:57 CEST schrieb Herbert Xu: Hi Herbert, > On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 11:56:08AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 9. August 2016, 17:46:56 CEST schrieb Herbert Xu: > > > > Hi Herbert, > > > > > You're supposed to tweak the quality of the input. In any case, > > > > How is that tweak supposed to happen? The rngd does not allow changing the > > amount of read data relative to the assumed entropy. > > Hmm, I guess it depends on your distro. Some do. > > Cheers, RHEL 7 and Fedora do not adjust it. So, shall we consider those rng-tools then broken (at least in those large distros)? Ciao Stephan