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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/hw_random/via-rng.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/via-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/via-rng.c index 02ee6390671..794aacb715c 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/via-rng.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/via-rng.c @@ -132,6 +132,19 @@ static int via_rng_init(struct hwrng *rng) struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(0); u32 lo, hi, old_lo; + /* VIA Nano CPUs don't have the MSR_VIA_RNG anymore. The RNG + * is always enabled if CPUID rng_en is set. There is no + * RNG configuration like it used to be the case in this + * register */ + if ((c->x86 == 6) && (c->x86_model >= 0x0f)) { + if (!cpu_has_xstore_enabled) { + printk(KERN_ERR PFX "can't enable hardware RNG " + "if XSTORE is not enabled\n"); + return -ENODEV; + } + return 0; + } + /* Control the RNG via MSR. Tread lightly and pay very close * close attention to values written, as the reserved fields * are documented to be "undefined and unpredictable"; but it |