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Description of problem: This is on an IBM Thinkpad T41. The hw_random driver is associated with the following device: 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 81) or 00:1e.0 Class 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 81) The driver loads and initializes successfully but there doesn't appear to be an RNG capability there. I say this because if I try to start rngd it hangs on it's first attempt to read from /dev/hw_random. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.10-1.770_FC3 How reproducible: Always (on T41, that is) Steps to Reproduce: 1. modprobe -r hw_random 2. modprobe hw_random 3. rngd Actual results: rngd hangs waiting for read on /dev/hw_random Expected results: rngd daemonizes and runs happily Additional info: This will also need fixing in RHEL4 as it's blocking 130350. I have only reproduced this on FC3 although I'm fairly certain it's resent in RHEL4 as well. Any further details will be happily provided upon request.
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kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 fixes the problem. Closing...
Okay, I didn't close it. MODIFIED seemed more appropriate.