linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] hwrng: msm

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Message-ID: <e39deb02-8fa4-84ac-b33e-d692402189a1@linaro.org>
Date:   Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:27:10 +0300
From:   Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.varbanov@...aro.org>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.varbanov@...aro.org>
Cc:     Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...aro.org>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] hwrng: msm - Add support for prng v2

Hi Herbert,

On 06/21/2018 01:15 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 12:56:34PM +0300, Stanimir Varbanov wrote:
>>
>>> Is this really a pseudo-RNG? If so it needs to be moved over to
>>> the algif_rng interface.
>>
>> Despite the register name (PRNG_ registers prefix) the IP is using FIPS
>> approved algorithm and we can claim that this is true hardware entropy
>> generator.
> 
> Whether your RNG is a PRNG or not has nothing to do with the
> algorithm you use.  No algorithm can generate entropy out of thin
> air.

OK, I just wanted to say that it is _not_ PRNG and the register names
gives us wrong impression.

-- 
regards,
Stan