Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: rng-tools-5-1

2014-08-14 Thread Peter Rosin
On 2014-08-13 11:43, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Aug 13 10:55, Peter Rosin wrote: This seemed like something I could waste a little time on, and learn something in the process. Which I did, so not all is lost. :-) Ok, I see how the above could be misread easily, since it appeared in the context

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: rng-tools-5-1

2014-08-14 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 14 12:09, Peter Rosin wrote: On 2014-08-13 11:43, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Aug 13 10:55, Peter Rosin wrote: This seemed like something I could waste a little time on, and learn something in the process. Which I did, so not all is lost. :-) Ok, I see how the above could be

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: rng-tools-5-1

2014-08-13 Thread Peter Rosin
On 2014-08-12 16:11, Corinna Vinschen wrote: Hi Peter, On Aug 12 15:29, Peter Rosin wrote: On 2014-08-09 16:37, Corinna Vinschen wrote: I just uploaded rng-tools-5-1. The Cygwin release only comes with the rngtest tool for now. The rngd daemon requires porting assembler code to COFF and

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: rng-tools-5-1

2014-08-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Hi Peter, On Aug 13 10:55, Peter Rosin wrote: On 2014-08-12 16:11, Corinna Vinschen wrote: Hi Peter, On Aug 12 15:29, Peter Rosin wrote: On 2014-08-09 16:37, Corinna Vinschen wrote: I just uploaded rng-tools-5-1. The Cygwin release only comes with the rngtest tool for now. The

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: rng-tools-5-1

2014-08-12 Thread Peter Rosin
On 2014-08-09 16:37, Corinna Vinschen wrote: I just uploaded rng-tools-5-1. The Cygwin release only comes with the rngtest tool for now. The rngd daemon requires porting assembler code to COFF and the Microsoft calling convention. Any help porting this code would be greatly appreciated.

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: rng-tools-5-1

2014-08-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Hi Peter, On Aug 12 15:29, Peter Rosin wrote: On 2014-08-09 16:37, Corinna Vinschen wrote: I just uploaded rng-tools-5-1. The Cygwin release only comes with the rngtest tool for now. The rngd daemon requires porting assembler code to COFF and the Microsoft calling convention. Any

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: rng-tools-5-1

2014-08-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 12 16:11, Corinna Vinschen wrote: I have a machine which supports the rdrand call, but you need at least an Ivy Bridge CPU, For rdseed you need at least Haswell. s/Haswell/Broadwell/ Sorry, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: rng-tools-5-1

2014-08-09 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Hi folks, I just uploaded rng-tools-5-1. The Cygwin release only comes with the rngtest tool for now. The rngd daemon requires porting assembler code to COFF and the Microsoft calling convention. Any help porting this code would be greatly appreciated. Have fun, Corinna -- Corinna