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SubjectRe: [PATCH v10 2/3] fdt: add support for rng-seed
On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 02:24:51PM +0800, Hsin-Yi Wang wrote:
> Introducing a chosen node, rng-seed, which is an entropy that can be
> passed to kernel called very early to increase initial device
> randomness. Bootloader should provide this entropy and the value is
> read from /chosen/rng-seed in DT.
>
> Obtain of_fdt_crc32 for CRC check after early_init_dt_scan_nodes(),
> since early_init_dt_scan_chosen() would modify fdt to erase rng-seed.
>
> Add a new interface add_bootloader_randomness() for rng-seed use case.
> Depends on whether the seed is trustworthy, rng seed would be passed to
> add_hwgenerator_randomness(). Otherwise it would be passed to
> add_device_randomness(). Decision is controlled by kernel config
> RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hsin-Yi Wang <hsinyi@chromium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@chromium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
> ---
> Change from v9:
> * reword kconfig
> * use IS_ENABLED for config

Given that these aren't functional changes, I've kept Ted's ack from v9
and I'll queue these via arm64 assuming they pass testing.

Ted -- please shout if you're not happy about that, and I'll drop the
series.

Thanks,

Will

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