** Description changed:
I've noticed that on cpu's that support rdrand feature rng-tools daemon
is not starting. On closer inspection it appears to be a bug in the init
script, which only checks for kernel devices, but doesn't check for cpu
features to provide random number source.
+
+ == Testcase ==
+
+ 1) Using an Ivybridge Intel CPU machine or better
+ 2) Check that rdrand feature is supported (grep rdrand /proc/cpuinfo)
+ 3) Install and attempt to start rng-tools daemon
+
+ With this fix, rng-tools daemon should start.
+ Without this fix (and no other Hardware TRNG available) rng-tools daemon
fails to start.
** Changed in: rng-tools (Ubuntu Utopic)
Status: Confirmed => In Progress
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Intel RDRAND not supported by rng-tools, init script bails out
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