Re: [patch 1/2] hw_random: allow rng_dev_read() to return hardware errors.

[Herbert Xu]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 09:25:24AM +0000, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> From: Ralph Wuerthner <rwuerthn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The api for hardware random number generators is currently limited to
> devices that never fail. If the hardware is registered as a source for
> random numbers it has to work. This prevents the use of i/o based
> random number devices where the i/o might fail.
> 
> Add a check for errors after the read from a hardware random number device.
> 
> This patch is required to support large random numbers retrieved
> from the CEX2C cards on System z.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ralph Wuerthner <rwuerthn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for the patch.  I'll pick this up in cryptodev-2.6.

Cheers,
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