Hello,
I have several "intel_rng" errors in the dmesg (see below) of a P4 DC7100 extra slim. Any possibility to stop this message is welcome (Im still searching..). Perhaps it slow the boot phase.
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[ 3.707184] EXT4-fs (sdb1): warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
[ 3.882513] EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem without journal. Opts: (null)
[ 12.936090] intel_rng: Firmware space is locked read-only. If you can't or
[ 12.936095] intel_rng: don't want to disable this in firmware setup, and if
[ 12.936097] intel_rng: you are certain that your system has a functional
[ 12.936100] intel_rng: RNG, try using the 'no_fwh_detect' option.
[ 12.958696] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: PCI INT B -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 12.962009] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[ 13.017789] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel 915G Chipset
[ 13.017973] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected gtt size: 262144K total, 262144K mappable
[ 13.018382] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 8192K stolen memory
[ 13.018580] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xe0000000
[ 13.164867] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 13.225874] i915 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 13.225884] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 13.255789] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
[ 13.255795] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[ 13.255865] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:00:02.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
[ 13.296040] [drm] initialized overlay support
[ 13.296932] i2c i2c-5: sendbytes: NAK bailout.
[ 13.466153] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 13.535044] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x75
[ 13.542728] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
[ 13.542731] drm: registered panic notifier
[ 13.542772] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
[ 15.681324] intel_rng: Firmware space is locked read-only. If you can't or
[ 15.681328] intel_rng: don't want to disable this in firmware setup, and if
[ 15.681331] intel_rng: you are certain that your system has a functional
[ 15.681333] intel_rng: RNG, try using the 'no_fwh_detect' option.
[ 18.337496] oss_ich 0000:00:1e.2: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 18.348170] usbcore: registered new interface driver oss_usb
[ 18.621197] intel_rng: Firmware space is locked read-only. If you can't or
[ 18.621201] intel_rng: don't want to disable this in firmware setup, and if
[ 18.621203] intel_rng: you are certain that your system has a functional
[ 18.621206] intel_rng: RNG, try using the 'no_fwh_detect' option.
[ 27.329095] tg3 0000:40:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex
[ 27.329101] tg3 0000:40:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX