linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] hwrng: add mtk-sec-rng driver

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Date:   Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:02:45 +0100
From:   Lars Persson <lists@...h.nu>
To:     Neal Liu <neal.liu@...iatek.com>
Cc:     Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Sean Wang <sean.wang@...nel.org>,
        Crystal Guo <Crystal.Guo@...iatek.com>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, DTML <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        wsd_upstream@...iatek.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] hwrng: add mtk-sec-rng driver

Hi Neal,

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 3:23 PM Neal Liu <neal.liu@...iatek.com> wrote:
>
> For MediaTek SoCs on ARMv8 with TrustZone enabled, peripherals like
> entropy sources is not accessible from normal world (linux) and
> rather accessible from secure world (ATF/TEE) only. This driver aims
> to provide a generic interface to ATF rng service.
>

I am working on several SoCs that also will need this kind of driver
to get entropy from Arm trusted firmware.
If you intend to make this a generic interface, please clean up the
references to MediaTek and give it a more generic name. For example
"Arm Trusted Firmware random number driver".

It will also be helpful if the SMC call number is configurable.

- Lars