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diff --git a/docs/system/arm/virt.rst b/docs/system/arm/virt.rst index 3d1058a..3b6ba69 100644 --- a/docs/system/arm/virt.rst +++ b/docs/system/arm/virt.rst @@ -126,13 +126,18 @@ ras Set ``on``/``off`` to enable/disable reporting host memory errors to a guest using ACPI and guest external abort exceptions. The default is off. +dtb-randomness + Set ``on``/``off`` to pass random seeds via the guest DTB + rng-seed and kaslr-seed nodes (in both "/chosen" and + "/secure-chosen") to use for features like the random number + generator and address space randomisation. The default is + ``on``. You will want to disable it if your trusted boot chain + will verify the DTB it is passed, since this option causes the + DTB to be non-deterministic. It would be the responsibility of + the firmware to come up with a seed and pass it on if it wants to. + dtb-kaslr-seed - Set ``on``/``off`` to pass a random seed via the guest dtb - kaslr-seed node (in both "/chosen" and /secure-chosen) to use - for features like address space randomisation. The default is - ``on``. You will want to disable it if your trusted boot chain will - verify the DTB it is passed. It would be the responsibility of the - firmware to come up with a seed and pass it on if it wants to. + A deprecated synonym for dtb-randomness. Linux guest kernel configuration """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" |