1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 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"