[PATCH v6 3/3] hwrng: bcm2835: add reset support

Florian Fainelli f.fainelli at gmail.com
Mon Mar 8 22:00:46 GMT 2021


On 3/4/21 11:01 PM, Álvaro Fernández Rojas wrote:
> BCM6368 devices need to reset the IPSEC controller in order to generate true
> random numbers.
> 
> This is what BCM6368 produces without a reset:
> root at OpenWrt:/# cat /dev/hwrng | rngtest -c 1000
> rngtest 6.10
> Copyright (c) 2004 by Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> 
> rngtest: starting FIPS tests...
> rngtest: bits received from input: 20000032
> rngtest: FIPS 140-2 successes: 0
> rngtest: FIPS 140-2 failures: 1000
> rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Monobit: 2
> rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Poker: 1000
> rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Runs: 1000
> rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Long run: 30
> rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Continuous run: 0
> rngtest: input channel speed: (min=37.253; avg=320.827; max=635.783)Mibits/s
> rngtest: FIPS tests speed: (min=12.141; avg=15.034; max=16.428)Mibits/s
> rngtest: Program run time: 1336176 microseconds
> 
> Signed-off-by: Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari at gmail.com>

Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli at gmail.com>
-- 
Florian



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