RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v1] hwrng: Kconfig - Do not enable by default CN10K driver

From: Bharat Bhushan
Date: Thu Jul 18 2024 - 06:12:07 EST



> From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2024 5:41 AM
> To: Francesco Dolcini <francesco@xxxxxxxxxx>; Bharat Bhushan <bbhushan2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Olivia Mackall <olivia@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v1] hwrng: Kconfig - Do not enable by default CN10K driver
>
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 09: 57: 46PM +0200, Francesco Dolcini wrote: > From: Francesco Dolcini <francesco. dolcini@ toradex. com> > > Do not enable by default the CN10K HW random generator driver. > > CN10K Random Number Generator
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 09:57:46PM +0200, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
>> From: Francesco Dolcini <mailto:francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Do not enable by default the CN10K HW random generator driver.
>>
>> CN10K Random Number Generator is available only on some specific
>> Marvell SoCs, however the driver is in practice enabled by default on
>> all arm64 configs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Francesco Dolcini <mailto:francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> as an alternative I could propose
>>
>> default HW_RANDOM if ARCH_THUNDER=y

Yes, make default if ARCH_THUNDER is true

Thanks
-Bharat

>Adding marvell Cc.
>Cheers,