Re: [PATCH 03/17] crypto: ansi_cprng - Eliminate ctx->I

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On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 03:03:38PM -0500, George Spelvin wrote:
> > I'm only ok with removing I if you can continue to be able to output it.
> > given that I is listed as part of the test sequences that NIST provides,
> > I'd like to be able to compare the values.
> 
> I can do that easily, but I can't print the *input* I, which
> is the result of encrypting the previous DT, as it's thrown
> away earlier.
> 
> You'd have to look further back in the debug messages to find it.
> 
> Is changing the format of the debug messages okay?  I'd like the debug
> messages to describe the code, but I don't know if you have something
> that parses the current output.
> 
I'm fine with changing the output, as I don't think anything particularly relies
on the format, but I cant' speak for others
Neil

> 
> The test output I see on p. 33 of
> http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cavp/documents/rng/RNGVS.pdf
> doesn't include I.  Can you point me to a sample that includes I?
> 
> It might be best to more significantly  rework the debug messages to
> resemble the NIST test vectors.
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