Thread (27 messages) 27 messages, 8 authors, 2018-07-01

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

From: Stanimir Varbanov <hidden>
Date: 2018-06-21 11:27:21
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Hi Herbert,

On 06/21/2018 01:15 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:
On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 12:56:34PM +0300, Stanimir Varbanov wrote:
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Is this really a pseudo-RNG? If so it needs to be moved over to
the algif_rng interface.
Despite the register name (PRNG_ registers prefix) the IP is using FIPS
approved algorithm and we can claim that this is true hardware entropy
generator.
Whether your RNG is a PRNG or not has nothing to do with the
algorithm you use.  No algorithm can generate entropy out of thin
air.
OK, I just wanted to say that it is _not_ PRNG and the register names
gives us wrong impression.

-- 
regards,
Stan
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