#8089 NORM 8.2.0 (: /dev/hwrng isn't random.

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#8089: /dev/hwrng isn't random.
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 Reporter:  cscott         |         Owner:  dilinger            
     Type:  defect         |        Status:  new                 
 Priority:  normal         |     Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
Component:  kernel         |       Version:  not specified       
 Keywords:  blocks?:8.2.0  |   Next_action:  never set           
 Verified:  0              |     Blockedby:                      
 Blocking:  8024           |  
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 On joyride-2301, 'head -c 100 /dev/hwrng' returns entirely 0xFF bytes.
 This is not random!

 This seems to be the root cause of #8024, since this causes our early-boot
 seeding of /dev/random to be ineffective, and hence causes requests for
 bytes from /dev/random to block.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8089>
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