From: "H. Peter Anvin" <h...@linux.intel.com>
If one includes documentation for an external tool, it should be
correct. This is not:
1. Overriding the input to rngd should typically be neither
necessary nor desired. This is especially so since newer
versions of rngd support a number of different *types* of sources.
2. The default kernel-exported device is called /dev/hwrng not
/dev/hwrandom nor /dev/hw_random (both of which were used in the
past; however, kernel and udev seem to have converged on
/dev/hwrng.)
Overall it is better if the documentation for rngd is kept with rngd
rather than in a kernel Makefile.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <h...@linux.intel.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowe...@redhat.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgar...@redhat.com>
---
kernel/Makefile | 6 ++----
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 0dfeca4..86e3285 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -174,10 +174,8 @@ signing_key.priv signing_key.x509: x509.genkey
@echo "###"
@echo "### If this takes a long time, you might wish to run rngd in the"
@echo "### background to keep the supply of entropy topped up. It"
- @echo "### needs to be run as root, and should use a hardware random"
- @echo "### number generator if one is available, eg:"
- @echo "###"
- @echo "### rngd -r /dev/hwrandom"
+ @echo "### needs to be run as root, and uses a hardware random"
+ @echo "### number generator if one is available."
@echo "###"
openssl req -new -nodes -utf8 $(sign_key_with_hash) -days 36500 -batch \
-x509 -config x509.genkey \
--
1.7.6.5
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