Re: [stable] [PATCH 46/61] fix Intel RNG detection

[dean gaudet]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Jan Beulich wrote:

> >with the patch it boots perfectly without any command-line args.
> 
> Are you getting the 'Firmware space is locked read-only' message then?

yep...

so let me ask a naive question... don't we want the firmware locked 
read-only because that protects the bios from viruses?  honestly i'm naive 
in this area of pc hardware, but i'm kind of confused why we'd want 
unlocked firmware just so we can detect a RNG.

-dean
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