linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: sun4i-ss: support the Security System PRNG

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Message-ID: <20161207125127.GB28218@Red>
Date:   Wed, 7 Dec 2016 13:51:27 +0100
From:   Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com,
        wens@...e.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: sun4i-ss: support the Security System PRNG

On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 08:09:00PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 01:57:38PM +0100, Corentin Labbe wrote:
> >
> > So how to expose PRNG to user space ? or more generally how to "use" a PRNG ?
> 
> We do have the algif_rng interface.
> 

So I must expose it as a crypto_rng ?

Could you explain why PRNG must not be used as hw_random ?

Regards
Corentin Labbe