Re: Hardware random on Dell PE SC1425

[Chris Boot <bootc@bootc.net>]

Piszcz, Justin wrote:

> Have you tried compiling it in and typing dmesg, checking the output
> when it loads and then try the rng-tools?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Boot [mailto:bootc@bootc.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 2:28 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Hardware random on Dell PE SC1425
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've recently bought a Dell PowerEdge SC1425 and I've built a kernel 
> with the hardware random module (hw_random or hwrandom as it's sometimes
>
> called). The module loads and the device files get created, but I can't 
> read anything from the device file at all (it just hangs). I've also 
> installed rng-tools and tried starting the entropy gatherer but this
> fails.
>
> Am I missing something obvious? How can I get hardware random number 
> generation working?
>
> The server has a Xeon chip and an Intel chipset.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Chris
>  
Hi,

I compiled it as a module and, when loaded, it prints the following to 
dmesg:
hw_random hardware driver 1.0.0 loaded

When I unload the module and load it again, it prints:
hw_random: unusual: RNG already disabled
hw_random hardware driver 1.0.0 loaded

I'm using a custom-built 2.6.11.7 with grsec.

Many thanks,
Chris

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