Re: jitterentropy_rng on armv5 embedded target

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Am Freitag, 8. Mai 2020, 14:17:25 CEST schrieb Alexander Dahl:

Hi Alexander,

> > > If so, then how is it supposed to be set up?
> > 
> > It is intended for in-kernel purposes (namely to seed its DRBG).
> 
> Okay and DRBG has nothing to do with /dev/random ?

Nope, it is used as part of the kernel crypto API and its use cases.

> Then where do the random
> numbers for that come from (in the current or previous kernels without your
> new lrng)?

The DRBG is seeded from get_random_bytes and the Jitter RNG.


Ciao
Stephan





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