[PATCH] eal: add support for TRNG with Arm RNG feature
Wathsala Wathawana Vithanage
wathsala.vithanage at arm.com
Fri Jul 26 22:12:49 CEST 2024
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> If you decide to rte_csrand() it should fallback to get_random or get_entropy.
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> Note: many people don't fully trust RDRAND or ARM CPU instructions.
> That is why the Linux entropy calls do not use only the HW instructions.
Thanks Stephen. I understand the concern, would it be acceptable for you if
rte_csrand() by default used Linux entropy calls and still had a runtime parameter
to enable HW based csrng for supported CPU in rte_csrand for those who need it?
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