Re: [PATCH] crypto: exynos-rng - Remove exynos-rng driver

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 31/05/2026 19:59, Eric Biggers wrote:
> This driver has no purpose.  It doesn't feed into the Linux RNG, nor
> does it implement the hwrng interface.  It is accessible only via the
> "rng" algorithm type of AF_ALG, which isn't used in practice.  Everyone
> uses either the Linux RNG, or rarely /dev/hwrng.
> 
> Moreover, this is a PRNG whose only source of entropy is the 160-bit
> seed the user passes in.  So this can be used only by a user who already
> has a source of cryptographically secure random numbers, such as
> /dev/random.  Which they can, and do, just use in the first place.

I don't know nowadays about any real world usage of this driver, so fine
by me:

Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Krzysztof