On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 06:47:40PM +0100, Álvaro Fernández Rojas wrote:
> This allows devices without a high precission timer to reduce boot from >100s
> to <30s.
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c
> b/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c
> index 1a7c43b43c6b..4b48cb7176b0 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c
> @@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ static int bcm2835_rng_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> priv->rng.init = bcm2835_rng_init;
> priv->rng.read = bcm2835_rng_read;
> priv->rng.cleanup = bcm2835_rng_cleanup;
> + priv->rng.quality = 1000;
Hi Alvero
* @quality: Estimation of true entropy in RNG's bitstream
* (in bits of entropy per 1024 bits of input;
* valid values: 1 to 1024, or 0 for unknown).
How did you determine this device produces 1000 bits of true entropy
per 1024?
Andrew
