Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-06-11 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 03:46:31PM +0530, Amit Shah wrote: On (Tue) 05 Jun 2012 [17:54:30], Anthony Liguori wrote: On 06/05/2012 05:41 PM, Amit Shah wrote: On (Mon) 04 Jun 2012 [19:04:41], Anthony Liguori wrote: On 05/26/2012 04:20 AM, Amit Shah wrote: On (Fri) 25 May 2012 [15:00:53],

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-06-05 Thread Amit Shah
On (Mon) 04 Jun 2012 [19:04:41], Anthony Liguori wrote: On 05/26/2012 04:20 AM, Amit Shah wrote: On (Fri) 25 May 2012 [15:00:53], Anthony Liguori wrote: On 05/25/2012 02:32 PM, Amit Shah wrote: The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is the device implementation. When the

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-06-05 Thread Anthony Liguori
On 06/05/2012 05:41 PM, Amit Shah wrote: On (Mon) 04 Jun 2012 [19:04:41], Anthony Liguori wrote: On 05/26/2012 04:20 AM, Amit Shah wrote: On (Fri) 25 May 2012 [15:00:53], Anthony Liguori wrote: On 05/25/2012 02:32 PM, Amit Shah wrote: The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-06-05 Thread Amit Shah
On (Tue) 05 Jun 2012 [17:54:30], Anthony Liguori wrote: On 06/05/2012 05:41 PM, Amit Shah wrote: On (Mon) 04 Jun 2012 [19:04:41], Anthony Liguori wrote: On 05/26/2012 04:20 AM, Amit Shah wrote: On (Fri) 25 May 2012 [15:00:53], Anthony Liguori wrote: On 05/25/2012 02:32 PM, Amit Shah wrote:

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-06-04 Thread Anthony Liguori
On 05/26/2012 04:20 AM, Amit Shah wrote: On (Fri) 25 May 2012 [15:00:53], Anthony Liguori wrote: On 05/25/2012 02:32 PM, Amit Shah wrote: The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is the device implementation. When the guest asks for entropy from the virtio hwrng, it puts a

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-05-28 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 01:02:49AM +0530, Amit Shah wrote: The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is the device implementation. When the guest asks for entropy from the virtio hwrng, it puts a buffer in the vq. We then put entropy into that buffer, and push it back to the

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-05-28 Thread Amit Shah
On (Mon) 28 May 2012 [09:33:57], Daniel P. Berrange wrote: On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 01:02:49AM +0530, Amit Shah wrote: The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is the device implementation. When the guest asks for entropy from the virtio hwrng, it puts a buffer in the vq.

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-05-25 Thread Amit Shah
The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is the device implementation. When the guest asks for entropy from the virtio hwrng, it puts a buffer in the vq. We then put entropy into that buffer, and push it back to the guest. The chardev connected to this device is fed the data to be

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-05-25 Thread Anthony Liguori
On 05/25/2012 02:32 PM, Amit Shah wrote: The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is the device implementation. When the guest asks for entropy from the virtio hwrng, it puts a buffer in the vq. We then put entropy into that buffer, and push it back to the guest. The chardev

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-05-25 Thread Amit Shah
On (Fri) 25 May 2012 [15:00:53], Anthony Liguori wrote: On 05/25/2012 02:32 PM, Amit Shah wrote: The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is the device implementation. When the guest asks for entropy from the virtio hwrng, it puts a buffer in the vq. We then put entropy into