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From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
To: "Álvaro Fernández Rojas" <noltari@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
	mpm@selenic.com, nsaenzjulienne@suse.de, f.fainelli@gmail.com,
	rjui@broadcom.com, sbranden@broadcom.com,
	bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com,
	rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-rpi-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stijn@linux-ipv6.be, ynezz@true.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwrng: bcm2835: set quality to 1000
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 20:20:19 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210303092019.GB8134@gondor.apana.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9b86c773-7153-1e18-472a-f66b01c83173@gmail.com>

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 08:12:45PM +0100, Álvaro Fernández Rojas wrote:
> 
> I ran rngtest and this is what I got:

This is meaningless except for sources that have not been whitened.

Your justification needs to be based on what the hardware does or
is documented to do.

Thanks,
-- 
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt

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From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
To: "Álvaro Fernández Rojas" <noltari@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
	mpm@selenic.com, nsaenzjulienne@suse.de, f.fainelli@gmail.com,
	rjui@broadcom.com, sbranden@broadcom.com,
	bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com,
	rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-rpi-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stijn@linux-ipv6.be, ynezz@true.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwrng: bcm2835: set quality to 1000
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 20:20:19 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210303092019.GB8134@gondor.apana.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9b86c773-7153-1e18-472a-f66b01c83173@gmail.com>

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 08:12:45PM +0100, Álvaro Fernández Rojas wrote:
> 
> I ran rngtest and this is what I got:

This is meaningless except for sources that have not been whitened.

Your justification needs to be based on what the hardware does or
is documented to do.

Thanks,
-- 
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-03-04  0:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-20 17:47 [PATCH] hwrng: bcm2835: set quality to 1000 Álvaro Fernández Rojas
2021-02-20 17:47 ` Álvaro Fernández Rojas
2021-02-20 19:09 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-02-20 19:09   ` Andrew Lunn
2021-02-20 19:12   ` Álvaro Fernández Rojas
2021-02-20 19:12     ` Álvaro Fernández Rojas
2021-02-20 19:40     ` Andrew Lunn
2021-02-20 19:40       ` Andrew Lunn
2021-03-03  9:20     ` Herbert Xu [this message]
2021-03-03  9:20       ` Herbert Xu
2021-03-03  9:29       ` Álvaro Fernández Rojas
2021-03-03  9:29         ` Álvaro Fernández Rojas
2021-03-04 15:11         ` Nicolas Saenz Julienne
2021-03-04 15:11           ` Nicolas Saenz Julienne
2021-03-04 22:28           ` Florian Fainelli
2021-03-04 22:28             ` Florian Fainelli
2021-03-05  6:26             ` Álvaro Fernández Rojas
2021-03-05  6:26               ` Álvaro Fernández Rojas
2021-03-12  4:52               ` Florian Fainelli
2021-03-12  4:52                 ` Florian Fainelli
2021-02-20 19:57 ` [PATCH v2] " Álvaro Fernández Rojas
2021-02-20 19:57   ` Álvaro Fernández Rojas
2021-02-22 19:50   ` [PATCH v3] hwrng: bcm2835: set quality Álvaro Fernández Rojas
2021-02-22 19:50     ` Álvaro Fernández Rojas

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