Re: [libvirt] [PATCHv4] virtio-rng: Add rate limiting options for virtio-RNG

On 02/27/13 11:42, 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> > <backend model='random'/> > </rng> > ... > --- > > Notes: > Version 4: > - Reword docs > - state it is available since 1.0.4 as the tree is frozen and this was actually never acked before

> Version 3: > - State the time unit in docs > Version 2: > - Qemu uses bytes/period, adapt the value according to that >