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On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 22:58 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 18 April 2007 19:37, Mick wrote: |
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> > Hi All, |
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> > I see these two messages in dmesg and I am not sure what they're about: |
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> > intel_rng: FWH not detected |
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> I think this has to do with: |
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> CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_INTEL=y |
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> Evidently my laptop does not have a firmware hub (FWH) for generating random |
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> numbers. |
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Or that your laptop can't generate random hardware. |
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> > hda: 39070080 sectors (20003 MB) w/1740KiB Cache, CHS=16383/255/63<6>hda: |
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> > hw_config=600d, UDMA(100) |
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> > What's the hw_config part? |
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> Any more (useful) ideas on this? |
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I admit I had to read the joke 4 times before I got it, but that only |
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makes it funnier. |
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um, I think it's a register (ie. a number where each bit has some |
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meaning) about the capability of your HD. What exactly 0x6000, 0x8, |
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0x4, and 0x1 are, I don't know. Something to do with cable types, and |
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so on, I think. |
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someone more into the kernel could probably help more here I think :) |
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HTH, |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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linux: the choice of a GNU generation |
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(ksh@×××××××.edu put this on Tshirts in '93) |
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