[CentOS-devel] tpm_rng module gone - why?

Trevor Hemsley

trevor.hemsley at ntlworld.com
Mon Nov 19 12:30:32 UTC 2018


On 19/11/18 12:21, Trevor Hemsley via CentOS-devel wrote:
> On 19/11/18 12:07, lejeczek via CentOS-devel wrote:
>> hi gents
>>
>> would anybody know why tpm_rng is gone from 3.10.0-957.el7.x86_64 ?
>>
>> I need it on my oldish heavy boxes, so do lots of others I would imagine.
>
> According to `yum provides '*/tpm_rng*'` it has never been shipped by
> CentOS. What does `rpm -qf /path/to/your/tpm_rng.ko.xz` say about what
> package provides it?

Ah, it's called tpm-rng.ko.xz (not tpm_rng) and was part of the
3.10.0-862* kernels and is indeed gone from the -957 one.

I'm guessing it's related to
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1627822

Trevor



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