linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: Describe why is HWRNG disabled in RK356x base dtsi

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Message-ID: <173857053622.78657.16352325923556757290.b4-ty@sntech.de>
Date: Mon,  3 Feb 2025 09:15:55 +0100
From: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>
To: linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org,
	Dragan Simic <dsimic@...jaro.org>
Cc: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	robh@...nel.org,
	krzk+dt@...nel.org,
	conor+dt@...nel.org,
	didi.debian@...ow.org,
	marcin.juszkiewicz@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: Describe why is HWRNG disabled in RK356x base dtsi


On Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:44:06 +0100, Dragan Simic wrote:
> Despite the presence of the hardware random number generator (HWRNG) in the
> different Rockchip RK356x SoC variants, it remains disabled for the RK3566
> SoC because testing showed [1] that it produces unacceptably low quality of
> random data, for some yet unknown reason.  The HWRNG is enabled for the RK3568
> SoC, on which the testing showed good quality of the generated random data.
> 
> To avoid possible confusion in the future, [2] let's have this described
> briefly in the RK356x base SoC dtsi.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] arm64: dts: rockchip: Describe why is HWRNG disabled in RK356x base dtsi
      commit: 5afdb98dcc55917df4a8568fd07a119844a7d391

Best regards,
-- 
Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>