lf-edge/eve

investegate rngd removal

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#5,220 opened on Sep 11, 2025

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There a PR in Linuxkit about removal of rngd https://github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit/pull/4170 EVE is still using it but it seams it is not required anymore. Eve kernel has

  • CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU=n
  • CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER=n

they must be enabled in order to remove rngd

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Research direction
Verify that enabling CONFIG RANDOM TRUST CPU and CONFIG RANDOM TRUST BOOTLOADER in the EVE kernel configuration provides sufficient entropy, then confirm that rngd is no longer needed by testing entropy availability and system stability.
Tech stack
go
Domain
infrastructure
Issue type
Research
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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Linux kernelGo
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30