Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Stephan Mueller <> | Subject | [PATCH v8 7/7] Add documentation of drbg.stdrng | Date | Mon, 26 May 2014 13:30:36 +0200 |
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The drbg.stdrng kernel command line flag allows the selection of the DRBG used as stdrng.
Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 30a8ad0d..b970ba2 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -855,6 +855,16 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. The filter can be disabled or changed to another driver later using sysfs. + drbg.stdrng=<name> + Kernel crypto API name of the SP800-90A DRBG that + is marked as "stdrng". Parts of the kernel requiring + random numbers may use the "stdrng" random number + generator. In FIPS mode (when the kernel command line + parameter fips=1 is provided), the priority of the + DRBG stdrng is increased to be higher than other + stdrng definitions. This implies, the DRBG is used as + default in FIPS mode. + drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file> Broken monitors, graphic adapters and KVMs may send no or incorrect EDID data sets. This parameter -- 1.9.3
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