linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwrng: core - allow perfect entropy from hardware devices

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Message-ID: <20150318051818.GA20194@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:18:19 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
Cc:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwrng: core - allow perfect entropy from hardware devices

On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:13:28PM -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
> Hardware random number quality is measured from 0 (no entropy) to 1024
> (perfect entropy). Allow hardware devices to assert the full range by
> truncating the device-provided value at 1024 instead of 1023.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>

Please cc all hwrng patches to linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org so that
it gets picked up by patchworks.  Thanks!
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