Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy(2.6.11)

[Evgeniy Polyakov]

On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 20:38 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> David McCullough <davidm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Here is a small patch for 2.6.11 that adds a routine:
> > 
> >  	add_true_randomness(__u32 *buf, int nwords);
> 
> It neither applies correctly nor compiles in current kernels.  2.6.11 is
> very old in kernel time.
> 
> Are we likely to see any in-kernel users of this?

Any external crtypto framework can add entropy using that routing.
Currently it can be
 - OCF
 - acrypto
 - hw_random.c

hw_random.c already does it using userspace daemons,
which is bad idea for very fast HW - like VIA xstore/xcrypt 
instructions.

-- 
        Evgeniy Polyakov

Crash is better than data corruption -- Arthur Grabowski

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