Hi Herbert,
On 22 September 2017 at 14:47, Herbert Xu wrote:
> PrasannaKumar Muralidharan wrote:
>> There is no need to use rng-tools for feeding random data into kernel
>> entropy pool as hw_random core handles it. Documentation suggested that
>> rng-tools is required which is incorrect. So remove it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: PrasannaKumar Muralidharan
>
> Hmm, the tool still exists and can still be used to feed /dev/random.
>
> Feeding /dev/random directly from the kernel is just one way of
> using hwrng.
But it is the default way.
> So rather than removing it perhaps you can modify it to state that
> the kernel can now feed /dev/random as an option.
As it is not required I think stating it is going to create confusion.
Users may not know whether rng-tools is optional or necessary for
feeding kernel entropy pool.
Thanks,
PrasannaKumar