Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Avoid a boot-time parameter by just
saying
saying
"if you have hardware random number generation, we can fill entropy immediately"
immediately"
No kernel command line needed in practice any more. That's assuming any kernel developer will have an IvyBridge or newer.
kernel developer will have an IvyBridge or newer.
The "I don't trust my hardware" people can still disable that with "nordrand".
"nordrand".
Hmm?
Hmm?
Linus
Linus
Linus
saying
"if you have hardware random number generation, we can fill entropy immediately"
immediately"
No kernel command line needed in practice any more. That's assuming any kernel developer will have an IvyBridge or newer.
kernel developer will have an IvyBridge or newer.
The "I don't trust my hardware" people can still disable that with "nordrand".
"nordrand".
Hmm?
Hmm?
Linus
Linus
Linus