Re: Strange boot message
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:36:26 +0100
Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 14:31:53 -0800, Bob McGowan wrote:
> > Frank McCormick wrote:
> >> Can anyone tell me what this message in syslog is all about ???
>
> [...]
>
> > intel_rng:
> > Firmware space is locked read-only. If you can't or don't want
> > to disable this in firmware setup, and if you are certain that your
> > system has a functional RNG, try using the 'no_fwh_detect' option.
/snip/
> >
> > The only issue now is how to do it. I've never done anything with
> > options on autoloaded modules, so I have no suggestions, perhaps
> > others can help here.
>
>
> So I would try to create a new configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/;
> call it, for example, "local-intel-rng". The name does not matter as
> long as you avoid special characters (hyphen and underscore are OK),
That did it. Below is the relevant snip of the syslog.
Jan 26 09:08:23 debian kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7
[PCSPP,TRISTATE]
Jan 26 09:08:23 debian kernel: Intel 82802 RNG detected
Jan 26 09:08:23 debian kernel: intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured
52011 usecs
Jan 26 09:08:23 debian kernel: intel8x0: clocking to 48000
Jan 26 09:08:23 debian kernel: hda: selected mode 0x42
Thanks guys.
Cheers
--
Frank
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