Hi Herbert, On 06/21/2018 01:15 PM, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 12:56:34PM +0300, Stanimir Varbanov wrote: >> >>> Is this really a pseudo-RNG? If so it needs to be moved over to >>> the algif_rng interface. >> >> Despite the register name (PRNG_ registers prefix) the IP is using FIPS >> approved algorithm and we can claim that this is true hardware entropy >> generator. > > Whether your RNG is a PRNG or not has nothing to do with the > algorithm you use. No algorithm can generate entropy out of thin > air. OK, I just wanted to say that it is _not_ PRNG and the register names gives us wrong impression. -- regards, Stan
