Re: [PATCH 3/3] hwrng: msm - Add support for prng v2

From: Vinod
Date: Wed Jun 20 2018 - 01:32:20 EST


On 19-06-18, 22:28, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 07:42:59PM +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > Qcom 8996 and later chips support prng v2 where we need to only
> > implement .read callback for hwrng.
> >
> > Add a new table for v2 which supports this and get version required for
> > driver data.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Is this really a pseudo-RNG? If so it needs to be moved over to
> the algif_rng interface.
>
> hwrng is for true hardware RNGs only, because it may be directly
> fed into /dev/random.

I am trying to find how how much random output this hardware generates.

Meanwhile, can you please point out examples/Documentation for algif_rng
and if any test tools for this?

Thanks
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~Vinod