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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#37501: [core-updates] Entropy starvation during boot
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2019 22:08:15 +0200
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To: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
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Hi,

Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> skribis:

> I tried it, but it did not make any discernible difference in the
> available entropy right after boot, nor did it aid the CRNG seeding.

Bah, too bad, though it still doesn=E2=80=99t sound right to consume this m=
uch
entropy right from the start.  I=E2=80=99m surprised it doesn=E2=80=99t mak=
e any
difference when you remove that bit.

Perhaps we should print the value of /proc/=E2=80=A6/entropy_avail in sever=
al
places during boot time to get a better understanding.

> So I think we should go with Linus' solution for now, as well as your
> original fix Ludo because it seems to be the right thing to do anyway.

Sounds good.  I=E2=80=99ve pushed it as
81bc4533aa1d7d81472c1d8d9f697ba2a9c9cbf9.

Thanks!

Ludo=E2=80=99.