Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] CPU Jitter RNG

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 8:23 PM,  <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> However, where a decade ago the ethernet card probably had its own
> independent clock crystal/oscillator, I'm going to guess that these
> days with SOC's and even on laptops, with ethernet device part of the
> chipset, it is probably being driven off the same master oscillator.

USB typically still has its own crystal.

> I wonder if there's anyway we can either figure out manually, or
> preferably, automatically at boot time, which devices actually have
> independent clock oscillators.

You may find this information in the DT on some platforms (if you're
lucky).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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