Re: [PATCH v2] x86: replace RDRAND forced-reseed with simple sanity check

2015-11-22 Thread Len Brown
Ingo, PeterA, ping. Please let me know if you require a revision to this patch, or if you would like me to re-send it. thanks, -Len On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Len Brown wrote: > From: Len Brown > > x86_init_rdrand() was added with 2 goals: > > 1. Sanity check that the built-in-self-te

[PATCH v2] x86: replace RDRAND forced-reseed with simple sanity check

2015-08-16 Thread Len Brown
From: Len Brown x86_init_rdrand() was added with 2 goals: 1. Sanity check that the built-in-self-test circuit on the Digital Random Number Generator (DRNG) is not complaining. As RDRAND HW self-checks on every invocation, this goal is achieved by simply invoking RDRAND and checking its