From: Matthias Scheler (tronzhadum.org.uk)
Date: Sun Feb 19 2006 - 17:16:47 CST

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On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 10:51:15AM -0500, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> The situation with the 8xx chipsets is extremely ugly.

It seems so.

> There are some details on this at
> http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/hardware-RNG/doihave.html; be sure to look
> at the note linked to from the text in the green box at the top of the
> page, too.

That's very useful information. Thank you. I've committed a quick fix
for this problem which reveals that my i945G based ASUS motherboard
doesn't have the RNG:

pchb0: Intel 82945G/P Memory Controller Hub (rev. 0x02)
pchb0: unable to read from random number generator.

The message will only apear on a DIAGNOSTIC kernel.

I'll implement a better fix tomorrow.

        Kind regards

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