Comment on Linux has had a great year, but there are two reasons I can't tear myself away from Windows
TehPers@beehaw.org 3 days agoFor the past month or so, I’ve been getting “RDSEED32 is broken” and it seems to be an issue with AMD’s drivers? Either way, there doesn’t appear to be a solution for me outside of getting a new CPU, but it also still boots and works so I’m not too bothered by it either.
But when updates roll around? Yeah, usually a good idea to make a backup before updating. Same is true with Windows, of course, but I already expect Windows to need a reinstall every year or so.
spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org 3 days ago
www.amd.com/en/resources/…/amd-sb-7055.html
it sounds like the kernel is just working around a known CPU microcode bug. it would probably be using the 64-bit RDSEED operation anyway, so disabling the 32-bit option probably doesn’t actually change anything.
also, the kernel’s random number generator is very robust (especially since Jason Donenfeld, the author of Wireguard, took over its maintenance) and will work perfectly fine even in the complete absence of RDSEED CPU instructions.
TehPers@beehaw.org 3 days ago
Yeah that particular issue doesn’t bother me much anyway, just delays startup by a second or two.