Re: [PATCH] crypto: caam: set hwrng quality level

From: Horia Geanta
Date: Tue Feb 19 2019 - 01:57:15 EST


On 2/13/2019 4:49 PM, Philipp Puschmann wrote:
> When quality is set to 0 this driver is not used as randomness source by
> HWRNG framework at all. So set the quality and finally make this driver
> work. The value of the quality was discussed before
> ( see see https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9850669/ ) and it is still a rough
> value.
>
In the same thread you mention, the conclusion is that caamrng should be
properly configured (TRNG instead of DRBG) before claiming to be a reliable
hwrng entropy source.

Horia