30214 – rng-tools breaks with a 2.6 kernel

Bug 30214 - rng-tools breaks with a 2.6 kernel

Summary: rng-tools breaks with a 2.6 kernel

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Hanno Böck

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Reported:	2003-10-02 16:15 UTC by Tony Vroon (RETIRED)
Modified:	2003-10-05 10:10 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Patch to /etc/init.d/rngd (rngd.patch,500 bytes, patch) 2003-10-02 16:16 UTC, Tony Vroon (RETIRED)	Details \| Diff
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Description Tony Vroon (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-02 16:15:53 UTC

Because the 2.6 kernel uses /dev/hw_random instead of /dev/hwrandom, rng-tools claims it can't find a hardware RNG in the system.
Please apply the attached patch to remedy this situation.

Comment 1 Tony Vroon (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-02 16:16:26 UTC

Created attachment 18632 [details, diff]
Patch to /etc/init.d/rngd

Comment 2 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-02 16:55:00 UTC

this patch would break the 2.4 kernel users though

Comment 3 Tony Vroon (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-02 17:09:48 UTC

Thankfully not :)
It checks if /dev/hw_random exists (2.6), if not, /dev/hwrandom is checked
(2.4), if not, /dev/i810_rng is checked.
The older two checks already existed, all I did was add one more at the top.

Comment 4 Hanno Böck gentoo-dev

2003-10-05 10:10:00 UTC

Is fixed now. Just re-emerge rng-tools.