* Wolfgang Schweer <w.schw...@gmx.de> [200528 18:56]:
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 01:25:25PM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 03:24:22PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> > > The topic came up on IRC, and for me it is about removing bloat from
> > > ("default") installs.
>
> d-i still uses haveged-udeb, see:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2020/03/msg00207.html
> for the latest mail on this issue.
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong.
In my tests, in a KVM VM with cpu=core2duo (no RDRAND), with Linux
5.6.0-2-amd64, the "crng init done" message appears ~7sec
after boot, at the same time as systemd tries to mount the so-called
"Root and Kernel File Systems", so before haveged would start.
Notably, there is no boot hang/delay caused by this.
Sure, if the VM has a HWRNG attached, the "crng init done" message
appears a lot earlier, but as long as nothing blocks, then there's
no point of having haveged.
Chris
