Hello,
the commit d9e7972619334656 ends up being responsible that using "-device
virtio-rng-pci" in KVM no longer works.
From: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 15:51:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] hwrng: add randomness to system from rng sources
When bringing a new RNG source online, it seems like it would make sense
to use some of its bytes to make the system entropy pool more random,
as done with all sorts of other devices that contain per-device or
per-boot differences.
When providing "-device virtio-rng-pci" to a kernel with the above commit, the
kernel never finishes booting. It just stops. My guess it is waiting for some
magic entropy to appear.
Maybe this is something that should be fixed in virtio-rng driver instead of
reverting this patch, but I leave this to the experts in this area.
Regards
Marcel
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