Attachment 146934 Details for Bug 215371 – Updated version of rngd.init supporting 2.6.19 style rng kernel modules

Updated version of rngd.init supporting 2.6.19 style rng kernel modules

rngd.init (text/plain), 2.27 KB, created by Paul Wouters on 2007-01-30 18:03:47 UTC

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Created: 2007-01-30 18:03:47 UTC

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>#!/bin/bash
>#
># rng-tool:     Daemon and tools to use a Hardware TRNG to feed /dev/random
>#
># chkconfig: - 99 1
># description:  The rngd daemon acts as a bridge between a Hardware TRNG
>#               (true random number generator) such as the ones in some
>#               Intel/AMD/VIA chipsets, and the kernel's PRNG (peusdo
>#               (pseudo-random number generator).
># processname: /sbin/rngd
>#
>### BEGIN INIT INFO
># Provides: rngd
># Required-Start: $syslog
># Required-Start: $syslog
># Required-Stop:
># Default-Start: 2 3 5
># Default-Stop: 0 6
># Short-Description: Starts the rngd hardware random number generator
># Description:  The rngd daemon acts as a bridge between a Hardware TRNG
>#               (true random number generator) such as the ones in some
>#               Intel/AMD/VIA/Geode chipsets, and the kernel's PRNG (peusdo
>#               (pseudo-random number generator).
>### END INIT INFO
>
>PIDFILE=/var/run/rngd/rngd.pid
>DEVICELIST="hwrng hw_random hwrandom intel_rng i810_rng via-rng amd-rng geode-rng"
>HRNGDEVICE=/dev/hwrng
>
># Source function library.
>. /etc/init.d/functions
>
>[ -f /sbin/rngd ] || exit 1
>
>finddevice () {
>        [ -c "${HRNGDEVICE}" ] && return 0
>        for i in ${DEVICELIST} ; do
>                if [ -c "/dev/$i" ] ; then
>                        HRNGDEVICE="/dev/$i"
>                        return 0
>                fi
>                if [ -c "/dev/misc/$i" ] ; then
>                        HRNGDEVICE="/dev/misc/$i"
>                        return 0
>                fi
>        done
>
>        echo "(Hardware RNG device inode not found)"
>        echo "$0: Cannot find a hardware RNG device to use." >&2
>        exit 1
>}
>
>start() {
>	finddevice
>        echo -n $"Starting rngd: "
>	daemon /sbin/rngd -r /dev/random -r $HRNGDEVICE
>	RETVAL=$?
>	echo
>	return $RETVAL
>}
>
>stop() {
>	echo -n $"Shutting down rngd service: "
>	killproc rngd
>	RETVAL=$?
>	if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] ; then
>	  rm -f /var/lock/subsys/rngd
>	  rm -f /var/run/rngd/rngd.pid
>	fi
>	echo
>	touch /var/lock/subsys/rngd
>	return $RETVAL
>}
>
>restart() {
>	stop
>	start
>}
>
>RETVAL=0
>
># See how we were called.
>case "$1" in
>  start)
>	start
>	;;
>  stop)
>	stop
>	;;
>  restart)
>	restart
>	;;
>  condrestart)
>        [ -f /var/lock/subsys/rngd ] && restart || :
>	;;
>  *)
>	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|condrestart}"
>	exit 1
>esac
>
>exit $?

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