02/27/2012

Random numbers on nonexistent chips


Alex Hornung added support for rdrand(4), the random number generator built into some Intel CPUs.  That would be Ivy Bridge CPUs, which aren’t released yet, so it hasn’t been tested…  but you’re covered for that day in the future when they arrive.

Posted by Justin Sherrill     Categories: Committed Code, Device support, DragonFly     0 Comments
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