[PATCH] eal: add support for TRNG with Arm RNG feature

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 22:27:05 +0000
Wathsala Wathawana Vithanage <wathsala.vithanage at arm.com> wrote:

> > The answer is to have API's like (rte_csrand) which then call the OS level
> > primitives. The trust is then passed to the OS. I trust Linus, Theo de Raadt, and
> > the rest of the open OS community to evaluate and integrate the best secure
> > random number generator.  
> 
> Perhaps, you missed my previous email, I understand your concern. Is it acceptable
> to you if rte_csrand uses the kernel RNG by default and has a build/run-time
> parameter to switch to HW RNG for those who consciously make that decision?

No, because then DPDK is endorsing use of HW RNG as sole source of randomness.
If someone really, really wants to do that they can put in their own code
in their own application.