linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Add support for Qualcomm's PRNG

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Message-ID: <526A86F1.6030907@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:57:53 +0100
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Stanimir Varbanov <svarbanov@...sol.com>
CC:	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Add support for Qualcomm's PRNG

On 10/15/2013 03:11 PM, Stanimir Varbanov wrote:
> This patch set adds hardware RNG driver wich is used to control the
> Qualcomm's PRNG hardware block.

I still haven't seen anyone address the "P" bit of the "PRNG"... what is
the (guaranteed) entropic level of the output?

	-hpa


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