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rng-tools5 issue on hikey970
root@hikey970:/home/hi# journalctl -u rngd
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: starting held back, waiting for: basic.target
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 rngd[3120]: read error
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Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 rngd[3120]: No entropy sources working, exiting rngd
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Will spawn child (service_enter_start): /usr/sbin/rngd
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Failed to get cgroup ID of cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/system.slice/rngd.service, ignoring: Function not implemented
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Passing 0 fds to service
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: About to execute /usr/sbin/rngd -f
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Forked /usr/sbin/rngd as 3120
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Changed dead -> running
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Job 101 rngd.service/start finished, result=done
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: Started rngd.service - Start entropy gathering daemon (rngd).
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 (rngd)[3120]: rngd.service: Executing: /usr/sbin/rngd -f
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Child 3120 belongs to rngd.service.
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS (success)
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Service will not restart (restart setting)
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Changed running -> dead
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Consumed 5ms CPU time.
Jun 26 22:58:41 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Control group is empty.
-- Boot 90ce4253185243d483efc3d2059d3821 --
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: starting held back, waiting for: basic.target
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Will spawn child (service_enter_start): /usr/sbin/rngd
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Failed to get cgroup ID of cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/system.slice/rngd.service, ignoring: Function not implemented
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Passing 0 fds to service
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: About to execute /usr/sbin/rngd -f
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Forked /usr/sbin/rngd as 3124
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Changed dead -> running
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Job 98 rngd.service/start finished, result=done
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: Started rngd.service - Start entropy gathering daemon (rngd).
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 (rngd)[3124]: rngd.service: Executing: /usr/sbin/rngd -f
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 rngd[3124]: read error
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Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 rngd[3124]: No entropy sources working, exiting rngd
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Child 3124 belongs to rngd.service.
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS (success)
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Service will not restart (restart setting)
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Changed running -> dead
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Consumed 4ms CPU time.
Jun 26 22:58:42 hikey970 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Control group is empty.
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