Re: USB HID devices not linked to RNG

2015-09-09 Thread Stephan Mueller
Am Dienstag, 8. September 2015, 22:40:07 schrieb Dmitry Torokhov: Hi Dmitry, > >All input devices add randomness, however I think for mouse >add_input_randomness() will drop majority of events since they are >likely have the same value (well, depends on which direction you are >moving the mouse).

Re: USB HID devices not linked to RNG

2015-09-07 Thread Stephan Mueller
Am Montag, 7. September 2015, 15:07:47 schrieb Mike Mestnik: Hi Mike, >This is just an off the wall guess. Wouldn't such entropy already be >collected at a lower level, like raw usb traffic? The RNG collects data from interrupts (that also covers normal PS/2 mice and keyboards), block devices

Re: USB HID devices not linked to RNG

2015-09-06 Thread Stephan Mueller
Am Montag, 7. September 2015, 02:10:16 schrieb Stephan Mueller: Hi Stephan, > Hi, > > While analyzing the entropy sources for the random number generator in > drivers/char/random.c, I saw that a USB mouse and a USB keyboard does > trigger the add_input_randomness function to b

USB HID devices not linked to RNG

2015-09-06 Thread Stephan Mueller
Hi, While analyzing the entropy sources for the random number generator in drivers/char/random.c, I saw that a USB mouse and a USB keyboard does trigger the add_input_randomness function to be triggered. Is that intended? -- Ciao Stephan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsub

Re: Sony Vaio Duo 11: getting middle mouse button to work

2014-01-31 Thread Stephan Mueller
Am Freitag, 31. Januar 2014, 05:31:53 schrieb Stephan Mueller: Hi, The middle mouse button works in Linux, but very differently than you may expect: I still do not see any events when only pressing the middle mouse button. Out of luck, I pressed the middle button and moved the mouse. And

Re: Sony Vaio Duo 11: getting middle mouse button to work

2014-01-30 Thread Stephan Mueller
Am Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2014, 22:50:25 schrieb Benjamin Tissoires: Hi Benjamin, > > Can you please help me how to do that? I install Windows in a KVM with > > the mouse device as a USB-passthrough device -- shall I detach the Linux > > USB driver? > > No, you don't have to detach the Linux USB

Re: Sony Vaio Duo 11: getting middle mouse button to work

2014-01-30 Thread Stephan Mueller
Am Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2014, 16:44:02 schrieb Benjamin Tissoires: Hi Benjamin, >Hi Stephan, > >thanks for the traces. >Well, the device definitively presents an Output and an Input report >on the report ID 2. That means that the windows driver can send and >read configuration to the trackpoint

Re: Sony Vaio Duo 11: getting middle mouse button to work

2014-01-29 Thread Stephan Mueller
Am Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2014, 10:07:40 schrieb Benjamin Tissoires: Hi Benjamin, > On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Stephan Mueller wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2014, 09:53:03 schrieb Benjamin Tissoires: > > > > Hi Benjamin, > > > >>On Fri, Jan 2

Re: Sony Vaio Duo 11: getting middle mouse button to work

2014-01-29 Thread Stephan Mueller
Am Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2014, 09:53:03 schrieb Benjamin Tissoires: Hi Benjamin, >On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:51 PM, Stephan Mueller wrote: >> Am Samstag, 25. Januar 2014, 12:17:13 schrieb Mattia Dongili: >> >> Hi Mattia, >> >>> I'd try with the inp