Re: [PATCH] Documentation: hw_random: Fix issue related to feeding entropy pool

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PrasannaKumar Muralidharan <prasannatsmkumar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is no need to use rng-tools for feeding random data into kernel
> entropy pool as hw_random core handles it. Documentation suggested that
> rng-tools is required which is incorrect. So remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: PrasannaKumar Muralidharan <prasannatsmkumar@xxxxxxxxx>

Hmm, the tool still exists and can still be used to feed /dev/random.

Feeding /dev/random directly from the kernel is just one way of
using hwrng.

So rather than removing it perhaps you can modify it to state that
the kernel can now feed /dev/random as an option.

Cheers,
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