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authorJason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>2022-07-07 11:36:07 +0100
committerPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2022-07-07 11:36:07 +0100
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hw/arm/virt: dt: add rng-seed property
In 60592cfed2 ("hw/arm/virt: dt: add kaslr-seed property"), the kaslr-seed property was added, but the equally as important rng-seed property was forgotten about, which has identical semantics for a similar purpose. This commit implements it in exactly the same way as kaslr-seed. It then changes the name of the disabling option to reflect that this has more to do with randomness vs determinism, rather than something particular about kaslr. Cc: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> [PMM: added deprecated.rst section for the deprecation] Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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@@ -225,6 +225,14 @@ Use the more generic event ``DEVICE_UNPLUG_GUEST_ERROR`` instead.
System emulator machines
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+Arm ``virt`` machine ``dtb-kaslr-seed`` property
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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+The ``dtb-kaslr-seed`` property on the ``virt`` board has been
+deprecated; use the new name ``dtb-randomness`` instead. The new name
+better reflects the way this property affects all random data within
+the device tree blob, not just the ``kaslr-seed`` node.
+
PPC 405 ``taihu`` machine (since 7.0)
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