linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: exynos - Icrease the priority of the driver

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Date:   Fri, 22 Dec 2017 19:38:29 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
Cc:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        m.szyprowski@...sung.com, b.zolnierkie@...sung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: exynos - Icrease the priority of the driver

On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 05:20:46PM +0100, Łukasz Stelmach wrote:
> exynos-rng is one of many implementations of stdrng. With priority as
> low as 100 it isn't selected, if software implementations (DRBG) are
> available. The value 300 was selected to give the PRNG priority before
> software implementations, but allow them to be selected in FIPS-mode
> (fips=1 in the kernel command line).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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