Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Dec 2016 07:03:40 +0100 | From | Corentin Labbe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: sun4i-ss: support the Security System PRNG |
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On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 01:05:51PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 03:10:59PM +0100, Corentin Labbe wrote: > > > > I have found two solutions: > > No we already have algif_rng so let's not confuse things even > further by making hwrng take PRNGs. >
But algif_rng is not accessible from user space without any coding. So no easy "random" data with some cat /dev/xxxx.
Clearly users of the 3 already intree hw_random PRNG will see that like a regresion.
Regards Corentin Labbe
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