On 17 September 2015 at 14:45, Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In April 2009, commit d405640 ("Driver Core: misc: add node name support > for misc devices.") inadvertently changed the device node name from > /dev/hw_random to /dev/hwrng. Since 6 years has passed since the change > it seems unpractical to change it back, as this node name is probably > considered ABI by now. So instead, we'll just change the documentation > to match the current situation. > > NB: It looks like rng-tools have already been updated. > > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> I see the KConfig change went into a separate patch. That's fine by me: Acked-by: Kieran Bingham <kieranbingham@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/hw_random.txt | 8 ++++---- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/hw_random.txt b/Documentation/hw_random.txt > index 026e237..fce1634 100644 > --- a/Documentation/hw_random.txt > +++ b/Documentation/hw_random.txt > @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Introduction: > The hw_random framework is software that makes use of a > special hardware feature on your CPU or motherboard, > a Random Number Generator (RNG). The software has two parts: > - a core providing the /dev/hw_random character device and its > + a core providing the /dev/hwrng character device and its > sysfs support, plus a hardware-specific driver that plugs > into that core. > > @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Introduction: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/ > > - Those tools use /dev/hw_random to fill the kernel entropy pool, > + Those tools use /dev/hwrng to fill the kernel entropy pool, > which is used internally and exported by the /dev/urandom and > /dev/random special files. > > @@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ Theory of operation: > The rng-tools package uses such tests in "rngd", and lets you > run them by hand with a "rngtest" utility. > > - /dev/hw_random is char device major 10, minor 183. > + /dev/hwrng is char device major 10, minor 183. > > CLASS DEVICE. There is a /sys/class/misc/hw_random node with > two unique attributes, "rng_available" and "rng_current". The > "rng_available" attribute lists the hardware-specific drivers > available, while "rng_current" lists the one which is currently > - connected to /dev/hw_random. If your system has more than one > + connected to /dev/hwrng. If your system has more than one > RNG available, you may change the one used by writing a name from > the list in "rng_available" into "rng_current". > > -- > 1.9.1 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html