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Re:Some AMD CPU's RDRAND might not return random data after ... by kzrdude on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @01:08PM (#19851337)
So - are they not checking for error in this case, and using a value anyway?
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Re:Some AMD CPU's RDRAND might not return random data after ... by Xylakant on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @03:00PM (#19852375)
They are checking for an error and there is none, but the value returned is bogus (always the same, causing collisions).
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