Hi Ted, Herbert, I sent a question to the ATH9K RNG some time ago to the developers. See https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg19115.html I have not yet received a word and I think this issue should be resolved. Thanks Stephan ---8<--- 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. Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c index d38e50f..d63dc48 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c @@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ static int ath9k_rng_kthread(void *data) fail_stats = 0; /* sleep until entropy bits under write_wakeup_threshold */ - add_hwgenerator_randomness((void *)rng_buf, bytes_read, - ATH9K_RNG_ENTROPY(bytes_read)); + add_hwgenerator_randomness((void *)rng_buf, bytes_read, 0); } kfree(rng_buf); -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
