Bug#286609: kernel-image-2.6.9-1-686-smp: No entropy from /dev/random

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 08:44:01PM -0800, Yazz D. Atlas wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.9-1-686-smp
> Version: 2.6.9-3
> Severity: important
> 
> Under my hardware the kernel will not generate any entropy. Originally I
> opened a ticket for exim4-daemon-heavy:
> 
>  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=285371 
> 
> However after some searching on the web I found this:
> 
>  http://marc.free.net.ph/message/20041127.025945.14f6f8dd.html
> 
> and this....
> 
>  http://marc.free.net.ph/message/20041130.164827.4eca8420.html
> 
> Not everyone is effected. But it might be a security issue for some.
> I'll let you decide if you want to retag this as grave or wishlist...

Has this become better in more recent kernels, e.g. by more drivers/
subsystems adding entropy to the pool?

Cheers,
        Moritz