** Description changed:

  On a Z14 or later system the PRNG (/dev/prandom) shall be seeded with
  the CPACF TRNG. In that case the default reseeding frequency shall be
- increased t make up for the additional cost of the TRNG instruction.
+ increased to make up for the additional cost of the TRNG instruction.
  
  In additionthe STCLKF based seeding shall use a smaller buffer.
  
  Will be provided with kernel 5.2
  Git commit . 769f020b6c

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Title:
  [19.10 FEAT] kernel crypto: seed PRNG with TRNG

Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems:
  Fix Released
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  On a Z14 or later system the PRNG (/dev/prandom) shall be seeded with
  the CPACF TRNG. In that case the default reseeding frequency shall be
  increased to make up for the additional cost of the TRNG instruction.

  In additionthe STCLKF based seeding shall use a smaller buffer.

  Will be provided with kernel 5.2
  Git commit . 769f020b6c

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