[vbox-dev] virtio-rng et al

[Frank Mehnert]

On Wednesday 04 March 2015 19:12:20 Alexey Eromenko wrote:
> Newer CPUs (Broadwell?) have new RDRAND and RDSEED instructions.
> 
> Maybe it would be a good idea to allow their use inside guest VM ?

We should definitely consider this. But not for the immediate next
release(s). Passing through instructions to the guest is not just
a matter of setting bits...

Frank
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