linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 3/6] crypto: loongson - add Loongson RNG driver support

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Message-ID: <1d890c5f-2bae-1a44-d79b-ab1614b51203@loongson.cn>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 20:06:10 +0800
From: Qunqin Zhao <zhaoqunqin@...ngson.cn>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc: lee@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, peterhuewe@....de,
 jarkko@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
 linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, jgg@...pe.ca, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
 pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de, Yinggang Gu <guyinggang@...ngson.cn>,
 Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...ngson.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3/6] crypto: loongson - add Loongson RNG driver support


在 2025/4/7 下午12:04, Herbert Xu 写道:
> On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 10:46:42AM +0800, Qunqin Zhao wrote:
>> Loongson's Random Number Generator is found inside Loongson security
>> engine.
> Is this a hardware RNG or a pseudo RNG? If it's pseudo, it should
> provide a means of reseeding.

Will provide a means of reseeding.

Thanks for your comments.

BR, Qunqin.

> If it's a hardware RNG it should register with hwrng.
>
> Cheers,