[libvirt] [PATCHv6] virtio-rng: Add rate limiting options for virtio-RNG

Peter Krempa pkrempa at redhat.com
Thu Mar 14 12:37:54 UTC 2013


On 03/14/13 11:50, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 08:55:52AM +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
>> Qemu's implementation of virtio RNG supports rate limiting of the
>> entropy used. This patch exposes the option to tune this functionality.
>>
>> This patch is based on qemu commit 904d6f588063fb5ad2b61998acdf1e73fb4
>>
>> The rate limiting is exported in the XML as:
>> <devices>
>>    ...
>>    <rng model='virtio'>
>>      <rate period='1234'>4321</rate>
>
> You need to update this example
>
>

I've done so and pushed the patch.

Thanks.

Peter




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