[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.
> 
> 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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