* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/11/2013 11:58 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > >> > >> Use the i8254 if and only if nothing else is available, it isn't safe to > >> touch on some newer systems. > > > > I concur - the i8254 is probably also a low entry source, given that this > > all runs early bootup. > > > > Well, it is a 16-bit 1.19318 MHz counter so at least on older systems it > is likely to provide at least a modicum on entropy. On systems with a > TSC it is likely to be redundant with the TSC. Yeah. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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