Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-06-11 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 03:46:31PM +0530, Amit Shah wrote: > On (Tue) 05 Jun 2012 [17:54:30], Anthony Liguori wrote: > > On 06/05/2012 05:41 PM, Amit Shah wrote: > > >On (Mon) 04 Jun 2012 [19:04:41], Anthony Liguori wrote: > > >>On 05/26/2012 04:20 AM, Amit Shah wrote: > > >>>On (Fri) 25 May 2012 [

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-06-05 Thread Amit Shah
On (Tue) 05 Jun 2012 [17:54:30], Anthony Liguori wrote: > On 06/05/2012 05:41 PM, Amit Shah wrote: > >On (Mon) 04 Jun 2012 [19:04:41], Anthony Liguori wrote: > >>On 05/26/2012 04:20 AM, Amit Shah wrote: > >>>On (Fri) 25 May 2012 [15:00:53], Anthony Liguori wrote: > On 05/25/2012 02:32 PM, Amit

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-06-05 Thread Anthony Liguori
On 06/05/2012 05:41 PM, Amit Shah wrote: On (Mon) 04 Jun 2012 [19:04:41], Anthony Liguori wrote: On 05/26/2012 04:20 AM, Amit Shah wrote: On (Fri) 25 May 2012 [15:00:53], Anthony Liguori wrote: On 05/25/2012 02:32 PM, Amit Shah wrote: The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-06-05 Thread Amit Shah
On (Mon) 04 Jun 2012 [19:04:41], Anthony Liguori wrote: > On 05/26/2012 04:20 AM, Amit Shah wrote: > >On (Fri) 25 May 2012 [15:00:53], Anthony Liguori wrote: > >>On 05/25/2012 02:32 PM, Amit Shah wrote: > >>>The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is the device > >>>implementation. >

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-06-04 Thread Anthony Liguori
On 05/26/2012 04:20 AM, Amit Shah wrote: On (Fri) 25 May 2012 [15:00:53], Anthony Liguori wrote: On 05/25/2012 02:32 PM, Amit Shah wrote: The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is the device implementation. When the guest asks for entropy from the virtio hwrng, it puts a buffer

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-05-28 Thread Amit Shah
On (Mon) 28 May 2012 [09:33:57], Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 01:02:49AM +0530, Amit Shah wrote: > > The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is the device > > implementation. > > > > When the guest asks for entropy from the virtio hwrng, it puts a buffer > > i

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-05-28 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 01:02:49AM +0530, Amit Shah wrote: > The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is the device > implementation. > > When the guest asks for entropy from the virtio hwrng, it puts a buffer > in the vq. We then put entropy into that buffer, and push it back to >

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-05-25 Thread Amit Shah
On (Fri) 25 May 2012 [15:00:53], Anthony Liguori wrote: > On 05/25/2012 02:32 PM, Amit Shah wrote: > >The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is the device > >implementation. > > > >When the guest asks for entropy from the virtio hwrng, it puts a buffer > >in the vq. We then put ent

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-05-25 Thread Anthony Liguori
On 05/25/2012 02:32 PM, Amit Shah wrote: The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is the device implementation. When the guest asks for entropy from the virtio hwrng, it puts a buffer in the vq. We then put entropy into that buffer, and push it back to the guest. The chardev conn

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio-rng: hardware random number generator device

2012-05-25 Thread Amit Shah
The Linux kernel already has a virtio-rng driver, this is the device implementation. When the guest asks for entropy from the virtio hwrng, it puts a buffer in the vq. We then put entropy into that buffer, and push it back to the guest. The chardev connected to this device is fed the data to be