[ath9k-devel] [PATCH v2] RANDOM: ATH9K RNG delivers zero bits of entropy
Jason Cooper <[email protected]> Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:46:00 -0000
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Hi Stephan, Miaoqing Pan, On Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 08:41:36AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote: > Am Montag, 8. August 2016, 02:03:36 CEST schrieb Pan, Miaoqing: > > The entropy was evaluated by crypto expert, the analysis report show the > > ADC with at least 10bits and up to 22 bits of min-entropy for a 32 bits > > value, we conservatively assume the min-entropy is 10 bits out of 32 bits, > > so that's why set entropy quality to 320/1024 = 10/32. Ok, so the relevant commit is: ed14dc0af7cce ath9k: feeding entropy in kernel from ADC capture Which refers to a previous commit: 6301566e0b2d ath9k: export HW random number generator > > Also we have explained in the commit message why can't use the HW > > RNG framework.