Bug#330717: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp: DAC960 generates no entropy
Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp
Version: 2.6.8-16
Severity: normal
Hello all,
This bug may be related to #323176 and/or #286609 - it's difficult to
tell exactly, since they don't mention their hardware arrangements.
The problem is that on upgrade from a 2.4 kernel to a 2.6 kernel (both
stock Debian packages), all of our machines that use the DAC960 module
stop producing entropy. Looking at the source for the DAC, I see that
there are no calls at all to produce entropy, although there are in the
2.4 kernel tree. The only patch I see that addresses this issue is
unfortunately several years old, and is out of date, but should be the
right idea:
http://lwn.net/Articles/9514/ (search for DAC - there's quite a few
other changes as well).
Thanks, and if you need any more information, please let me know,
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp depends on:
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii fileutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU file management utilities
ii initrd-tools 0.1.81.1 tools to create initrd image for p
ii module-init-tools 3.2-pre1-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
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