Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The ATH9K driver implements an RNG which is completely bypassing the > standard Linux HW generator logic. > > The RNG may or may not deliver entropy. Considering the conservative > approach in treating entropy with respect to non-auditable sources, this > patch changes the delivered entropy value to zero. The RNG still feeds > data into the input_pool but it is assumed to have no entropy. > > When the ATH9K RNG changes to use the HW RNG framework, it may re-enable > the entropy estimation considering that a user can change that value at > boot and runtime. > > Reviewed-by: Jason Cooper <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx> Based on the discussion I'm dropping this patch. But the discussion was hard to follow so please let me know if I misunderstood. Patch set to Rejected. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9266265/ Documentation about submitting wireless patches and checking status from patchwork: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches -- 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
