linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] hwrng: iproc: set quality to 1024

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Date:   Mon, 22 Feb 2021 19:51:56 +0100
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@...il.com>,
        mpm@...enic.com, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, rjui@...adcom.com,
        sbranden@...adcom.com, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] hwrng: iproc: set quality to 1024

Hi,

Am 20.02.21 um 21:01 schrieb Álvaro Fernández Rojas:
> This allows khwrngd to make use of iproc-rng200.
>
> Justification:
> cat /dev/hwrng | rngtest -c 1000
> rngtest 6.10
> Copyright (c) 2004 by Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> rngtest: starting FIPS tests...
> rngtest: bits received from input: 20000032
> rngtest: FIPS 140-2 successes: 1000
> rngtest: FIPS 140-2 failures: 0
> rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Monobit: 0
> rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Poker: 0
> rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Runs: 0
> rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Long run: 0
> rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Continuous run: 0
> rngtest: input channel speed: (min=107.179; avg=200.770; max=9765625.000)Kibits/s
> rngtest: FIPS tests speed: (min=34.742; avg=39.905; max=66.458)Mibits/s
> rngtest: Program run time: 97829648 microseconds
>
> 1000 successes and 0 failures -> 100% success rate
>
> Signed-off-by: Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@...il.com>

i just want to mention that there were concerns about such changes in
the past [1]

Regards
Stefan

[1] - https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/5/14/1292