[PATCH] crypto: Kconfig: Correct help text about feeding entropy pool

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Modify Kconfig help text to reflect the fact that random data from hwrng
is fed into kernel random number generator's entropy pool.

Signed-off-by: PrasannaKumar Muralidharan <prasannatsmkumar@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig b/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
index 1b223c3..2f45e15 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ menuconfig HW_RANDOM
 	  that's usually called /dev/hwrng, and which exposes one
 	  of possibly several hardware random number generators.
 
-	  These hardware random number generators do not feed directly
-	  into the kernel's random number generator.  That is usually
-	  handled by the "rngd" daemon.  Documentation/hw_random.txt
-	  has more information.
+	  These hardware random number generators do feed into the
+	  kernel's random number generator entropy pool.
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 
-- 
2.10.0




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