From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
To: Qunqin Zhao <zhaoqunqin@loongson.cn>
Cc: lee@kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, peterhuewe@gmx.de,
jarkko@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
loongarch@lists.linux.dev, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
jgg@ziepe.ca, linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org,
pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de, Yinggang Gu <guyinggang@loongson.cn>,
Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3/6] crypto: loongson - add Loongson RNG driver support
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 12:04:01 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z_NOsSBRWUEToa7_@gondor.apana.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250403024645.4427-4-zhaoqunqin@loongson.cn>
On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 10:46:42AM +0800, Qunqin Zhao wrote:
> Loongson's Random Number Generator is found inside Loongson security
> engine.
Is this a hardware RNG or a pseudo RNG? If it's pseudo, it should
provide a means of reseeding.
If it's a hardware RNG it should register with hwrng.
Cheers,
--
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-04-07 4:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-04-03 2:46 [PATCH v7 0/6] Drivers for Loongson security engine Qunqin Zhao
2025-04-03 2:46 ` [PATCH v7 1/6] mfd: Add support for Loongson Security Module Qunqin Zhao
2025-04-04 16:06 ` Lee Jones
2025-04-07 7:53 ` Qunqin Zhao
2025-04-03 2:46 ` [PATCH v7 2/6] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Loongson Security Module driver Qunqin Zhao
2025-04-03 2:46 ` [PATCH v7 3/6] crypto: loongson - add Loongson RNG driver support Qunqin Zhao
2025-04-06 9:05 ` Huacai Chen
2025-04-08 12:07 ` Qunqin Zhao
2025-04-07 4:04 ` Herbert Xu [this message]
2025-04-08 12:06 ` Qunqin Zhao
2025-04-03 2:46 ` [PATCH v7 4/6] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Loongson RNG driver Qunqin Zhao
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