On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 04:36:26PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Changes since version 1:
>
> a. Rebased on top of random.git:dev.
> b. Unbreak the PowerPC build (I had managed to miss that PowerPC had
>grown archrandom.h support.)
> c. Remove duplicate dummy function definitions in .
> d.
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 04:36:26PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
Changes since version 1:
a. Rebased on top of random.git:dev.
b. Unbreak the PowerPC build (I had managed to miss that PowerPC had
grown archrandom.h support.)
c. Remove duplicate dummy function definitions in
Upcoming Intel silicon adds a new RDSEED instruction. Whereas RDRAND
returns output from a PRNG, the RDSEED instruction returns fully
conditioned entropy that is suitable for use as seeds to a PRNG.
This patchset adds support for RDSEED in the Linux kernel in three
places:
1. During bootup, use
Upcoming Intel silicon adds a new RDSEED instruction. Whereas RDRAND
returns output from a PRNG, the RDSEED instruction returns fully
conditioned entropy that is suitable for use as seeds to a PRNG.
This patchset adds support for RDSEED in the Linux kernel in three
places:
1. During bootup, use
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