linux-kernel - [PATCH v8 7/7] Add documentation of drbg.stdrng

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Date:	Mon, 26 May 2014 13:30:36 +0200
From:	Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, aquini@...hat.com,
	jeremy.wayne.powell@...il.com, clemens@...isch.de,
	pwalten@....ibm.com, joe@...ches.com
Subject: [PATCH v8 7/7] Add documentation of drbg.stdrng

The drbg.stdrng kernel command line flag allows the selection of the
DRBG used as stdrng.

Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.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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