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| author |   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-09-09 05:54:05 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-09-09 05:54:05 -0700 |
| commit | 3243a89dcbd8f5810b72ee0903d349bd000c4c9d (patch) | |
| tree | 84ffeb32740ec63c265cf92fbc980fb53e5270a4 /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge tag 'kbuild-fixes-v4.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild (diff) | |
| parent | random: make CPU trust a boot parameter (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random
Pull random driver fix from Ted Ts'o:
"Fix things so the choice of whether or not to trust RDRAND to
initialize the CRNG is configurable via the boot option
random.trust_cpu={on,off}"
* tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random:
random: make CPU trust a boot parameter
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 9871e649ffef..64a3bf54b974 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3523,6 +3523,12 @@ ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. + random.trust_cpu={on,off} + [KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the + CPU's random number generator (if available) to + fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled + by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU. + ras=option[,option,...] [KNL] RAS-specific options cec_disable [X86] |