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authorHan Han <hhan@redhat.com>2020-04-19 21:39:02 +0800
committerCole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com>2020-04-21 13:05:42 -0400
commitf34f73622d0feab451dd22d7ca38c8fac8587c22 (patch)
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parentf6eee380a25f8ae9620cba2fead73f54888c68b3 (diff)
downloadvirt-manager-f34f73622d0feab451dd22d7ca38c8fac8587c22.tar.gz
rng: add builtin rng backend model
The builtin rng backend uses getrandom syscall to generate random, no external rng source needed, introduced from libvirt v6.1.0. Reviewed-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Han Han <hhan@redhat.com>
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@@ -1722,7 +1722,7 @@ Use --tpm=? to see a list of all available sub options. Complete details at L<ht
Configure a virtual RNG device.
-Type can be B<random> or B<egd>.
+Type can be B<random>, B<egd> or B<builtin>.
If the specified type is B<random> then these values must
be specified:
@@ -1768,6 +1768,8 @@ B<udp> and backend_mode is B<bind>.
=back
+If the specified type is B<builtin>, B<backend> is not required.
+
An example invocation:
=over 4
@@ -1781,6 +1783,10 @@ Connect to localhost to the TCP port 8000 to get entropy data.
Use the /dev/random device to get entropy data, this form implicitly uses the
"random" model.
+=item B<--rng builtin>
+
+Use the builtin rng device to get entropy data.
+
Use --rng=? to see a list of all available sub options. Complete details at L<https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsRng>
=back