On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 20:53 +0100, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Has anyone yet written a "hw" RNG module for virt, that reads the host's > > random number pool? > > > > All this talk[1] about IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM in network drivers reminds me > > that virt guest instances should be grabbing random numbers from the > > host, especially if the host has a hardware RNG. > > It was actually one of the first device types proposed for what would > become virtio, but as far as I know there has been no work on such a > device. It certainly makes lots of sense. >
There was a virtio-rng device: http://www.mail-archive.com/virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org/msg02902.html Need to search what happened to it in Rusty's queues. > J > _______________________________________________ > Virtualization mailing list > Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
