Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator

2012-09-16 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 06/19/2012 11:59 PM, Amit Shah wrote: Hello, Here's the 3rd iteration of the virtio-rng device. This update just rebases the patch on top of current master. Details on the patch in the commit message. Hi everyone... I just stumbled on this patchset after realizing that the virtio-rng

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator

2012-09-16 Thread Anthony Liguori
H. Peter Anvin h...@zytor.com writes: On 06/19/2012 11:59 PM, Amit Shah wrote: Hello, Here's the 3rd iteration of the virtio-rng device. This update just rebases the patch on top of current master. Details on the patch in the commit message. Hi everyone... I just stumbled on this

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator

2012-09-16 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 09/16/2012 04:23 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: This is *exactly* what the problem is. If using /dev/urandom is pointless--and so far, many people have made compelling arguments that it is--then using /dev/random is seemingly impossible to do fairly. It is not merely pointless, it is a

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator

2012-09-16 Thread Amit Shah
On (Sun) 16 Sep 2012 [13:42:46], H. Peter Anvin wrote: On 06/19/2012 11:59 PM, Amit Shah wrote: Hello, Here's the 3rd iteration of the virtio-rng device. This update just rebases the patch on top of current master. Details on the patch in the commit message. Hi everyone... I just

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator

2012-09-16 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Right, obviously. However, under no circumstances should /dev/urandom be used! Amit Shah amit.s...@redhat.com wrote: On (Sun) 16 Sep 2012 [13:42:46], H. Peter Anvin wrote: On 06/19/2012 11:59 PM, Amit Shah wrote: Hello, Here's the 3rd iteration of the virtio-rng device. This update just

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator

2012-06-20 Thread Amit Shah
Hello, Here's the 3rd iteration of the virtio-rng device. This update just rebases the patch on top of current master. Details on the patch in the commit message. Please apply, Amit v3: * rebase to master * Add file to hw/Makefile.objs instead of Makefile.objs * Rate-limit