Article 4VNZK Linux 5.5 To Finally Wire Up EFI RNG Code For x86 As Another Source Of Entropy

Linux 5.5 To Finally Wire Up EFI RNG Code For x86 As Another Source Of Entropy

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Since 2016 the Linux kernel on ARM has invoked the EFI random number generator (RNG) protocol for serving as an additional source of entropy during early boot. With Linux 5.5 in early 2020 that code is finally happening for x86/x86_64...
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