Re: [PATCH] Allow hwrng to initialize crng.

2018-12-15 Thread Michael Niewöhner
On Sat, 2018-12-15 at 18:11 +0100, Michael Niewöhner wrote: > On Thu, 2018-12-13 at 12:50 +0800, Louis Collard wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 4:15 AM Michael Niewöhner > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi Louis, > > > > > > On Wed, 2018-09-26 at 11:24 +0800, Louis Collard wrote: > > > > Some systems, f

Re: [PATCH] Allow hwrng to initialize crng.

2018-12-15 Thread Michael Niewöhner
On Thu, 2018-12-13 at 12:50 +0800, Louis Collard wrote: > On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 4:15 AM Michael Niewöhner > wrote: > > > > Hi Louis, > > > > On Wed, 2018-09-26 at 11:24 +0800, Louis Collard wrote: > > > Some systems, for example embedded systems, do not generate > > > enough entropy on boot th

Re: [RESEND PATCH] Allow hwrng to initialize crng.

2018-12-13 Thread Louis Collard
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 4:51 PM Herbert Xu wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 04:40:17PM +0800, Louis Collard wrote: > > Some systems, for example embedded systems, do not generate > > enough entropy on boot through interrupts, and boot may be blocked for > > several minutes waiting for a call to

Re: [RESEND PATCH] Allow hwrng to initialize crng.

2018-12-13 Thread Herbert Xu
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 04:40:17PM +0800, Louis Collard wrote: > Some systems, for example embedded systems, do not generate > enough entropy on boot through interrupts, and boot may be blocked for > several minutes waiting for a call to getrandom to complete. > > Currently, random data is read fr

[RESEND PATCH] Allow hwrng to initialize crng.

2018-12-13 Thread Louis Collard
Some systems, for example embedded systems, do not generate enough entropy on boot through interrupts, and boot may be blocked for several minutes waiting for a call to getrandom to complete. Currently, random data is read from a hwrng when it is registered, and is loaded into primary_crng. This d

Re: [PATCH] Allow hwrng to initialize crng.

2018-12-12 Thread Louis Collard
On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 4:15 AM Michael Niewöhner wrote: > > Hi Louis, > > On Wed, 2018-09-26 at 11:24 +0800, Louis Collard wrote: > > Some systems, for example embedded systems, do not generate > > enough entropy on boot through interrupts, and boot may be blocked for > > several minutes waiting

Re: [PATCH] Allow hwrng to initialize crng.

2018-11-17 Thread Michael Niewöhner
Hi Louis, On Wed, 2018-09-26 at 11:24 +0800, Louis Collard wrote: > Some systems, for example embedded systems, do not generate > enough entropy on boot through interrupts, and boot may be blocked for > several minutes waiting for a call to getrandom to complete. > > Currently, random data is rea

Re: [PATCH] Allow hwrng to initialize crng.

2018-10-04 Thread Louis Collard
On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 6:35 PM Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 11:24:55AM +0800, Louis Collard wrote: > > Some systems, for example embedded systems, do not generate > > enough entropy on boot through interrupts, and boot may be blocked for > > several minutes waiting for a cal

Re: [PATCH] Allow hwrng to initialize crng.

2018-09-26 Thread Jarkko Sakkinen
On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 11:24:55AM +0800, Louis Collard wrote: > Some systems, for example embedded systems, do not generate > enough entropy on boot through interrupts, and boot may be blocked for > several minutes waiting for a call to getrandom to complete. > > Currently, random data is read fr

[PATCH] Allow hwrng to initialize crng.

2018-09-25 Thread Louis Collard
Some systems, for example embedded systems, do not generate enough entropy on boot through interrupts, and boot may be blocked for several minutes waiting for a call to getrandom to complete. Currently, random data is read from a hwrng when it is registered, and is loaded into primary_crng. This d