9 files changed, 5 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/meta/classes/qemuboot.bbclass b/meta/classes/qemuboot.bbclass
index d8f62ef6ea..824676216e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/qemuboot.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/qemuboot.bbclass
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 # QB_AUDIO_OPT: qemu audio option, e.g., "-soundhw ac97,es1370", used
 #               when QB_AUDIO_DRV is set.
 #
+# QB_RNG: Pass-through for host random number generator, it can speedup boot
+#         in system mode, where system is experiencing entropy starvation
+#
 # QB_KERNEL_ROOT: kernel's root, e.g., /dev/vda
 #
 # QB_NETWORK_DEVICE: network device, e.g., "-device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0,mac=@MAC@",
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ QB_MEM ?= "-m 256"
 QB_SERIAL_OPT ?= "-serial mon:stdio -serial null"
 QB_DEFAULT_KERNEL ?= "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}"
 QB_DEFAULT_FSTYPE ?= "ext4"
+QB_RNG ?= "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 QB_OPT_APPEND ?= ""
 QB_NETWORK_DEVICE ?= "-device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0,mac=@MAC@"
 QB_CMDLINE_IP_SLIRP ?= "ip=dhcp"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-mips.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-mips.inc
index e99bade2e3..230f032c53 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-mips.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-mips.inc
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ IMAGE_CLASSES += "qemuboot"
 QB_MACHINE = "-machine malta"
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=ttyS0 console=tty"
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-usb -device usb-tablet"
-# Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
-QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 
 # For graphics to work we need to define the VGA device as well as the necessary USB devices
 QB_OPT_APPEND += "-vga std"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
index ccc6dcd3bf..2a4760c717 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
@@ -10,6 +10,4 @@ QB_AUDIO_DRV = "alsa"
 QB_AUDIO_OPT = "-soundhw ac97,es1370"
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "oprofile.timer=1"
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-usb -device usb-tablet"
-# Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
-QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/riscv/qemuriscv.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/riscv/qemuriscv.inc
index 759c8a196e..0e88c91aa6 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/riscv/qemuriscv.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/riscv/qemuriscv.inc
@@ -33,6 +33,3 @@ QB_NETWORK_DEVICE = "-device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0,mac=@MAC@"
 QB_ROOTFS_OPT = "-drive id=disk0,file=@ROOTFS@,if=none,format=raw -device virtio-blk-device,drive=disk0"
 QB_SERIAL_OPT = "-device virtio-serial-device -chardev null,id=virtcon -device virtconsole,chardev=virtcon"
 QB_TCPSERIAL_OPT = " -device virtio-serial-device -chardev socket,id=virtcon,port=@PORT@,host=127.0.0.1 -device virtconsole,chardev=virtcon"
-# Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
-QB_OPT_APPEND = " -object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-device,rng=rng0"
-
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
index 3364dcf042..702b850cbb 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=ttyAMA0"
 # For graphics to work we need to define the VGA device as well as the necessary USB devices
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-device VGA,edid=on"
 QB_OPT_APPEND += "-device qemu-xhci -device usb-tablet -device usb-kbd"
-# Add the virtio RNG
-QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 # Virtio Networking support
 QB_TAP_OPT = "-netdev tap,id=net0,ifname=@TAP@,script=no,downscript=no"
 QB_NETWORK_DEVICE = "-device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0,mac=@MAC@"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
index fdd464d708..2f61eb0aed 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=ttyAMA0"
 # For graphics to work we need to define the VGA device as well as the necessary USB devices
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-device VGA,edid=on"
 QB_OPT_APPEND += "-device qemu-xhci -device usb-tablet -device usb-kbd"
-# Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
-QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 # Virtio Networking support
 QB_TAP_OPT = "-netdev tap,id=net0,ifname=@TAP@,script=no,downscript=no"
 QB_NETWORK_DEVICE = "-device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0,mac=@MAC@"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
index 48e83f13e1..7e8c9e1fa6 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-arm"
 QB_MACHINE = "-machine versatilepb"
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty"
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-usb -device usb-tablet"
-# Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
-QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "5.8%"
 QB_DTB = "${@oe.utils.version_less_or_equal('PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto', '4.7', '', 'zImage-versatile-pb.dtb', d)}"
 
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc.conf
index 9733b5e85b..a84594f335 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,4 @@ QB_MACHINE = "-machine mac99"
 QB_CPU = "-cpu G4"
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=tty console=ttyS0"
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-usb -device usb-tablet"
-# Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
-QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 QB_TAP_OPT = "-netdev tap,id=net0,ifname=@TAP@,script=no,downscript=no"
diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu
index e62d869c20..e5e66f3453 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/scripts/runqemu
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ class BaseConfig(object):
         if not os.access(qemu_bin, os.X_OK):
             raise OEPathError("No QEMU binary '%s' could be found" % qemu_bin)
 
-        self.qemu_opt = "%s %s %s %s" % (qemu_bin, self.get('NETWORK_CMD'), self.get('ROOTFS_OPTIONS'), self.get('QB_OPT_APPEND'))
+        self.qemu_opt = "%s %s %s %s %s" % (qemu_bin, self.get('NETWORK_CMD'), self.get('QB_RNG'), self.get('ROOTFS_OPTIONS'), self.get('QB_OPT_APPEND'))
 
         for ovmf in self.ovmf_bios:
             format = ovmf.rsplit('.', 1)[-1]