On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 11:12:24AM -0400, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 01:24:35AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Burn it with fire! > > > > I mean... people were afraid RDRAND would be backdoored, and you now > > confirm ... it indeed _is_ backdoored? /., here's news for you! > > To be fair to AMD, I wouldn't call it a backdoor. Hanlon's razor is > applicable here: > > "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately > explained by neglect." > > (Sometimes other words are used instead of neglect, but i'm trying to > be nice.) > Is it worth setting up a quirk for the Excavator era cpus, that triggers a call to rdseed on resume? Working under the assumption that calling rdseed would kick the rdrand instruction back into gear. Neil > > - Ted > > P.S. Also applicable: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZxzJGgox_E >
