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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-11-02 09:45:39 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-11-02 09:45:39 -0700 |
commit | de0a5345a55b8dd5a4695181275df0e691176830 (patch) | |
tree | 17530e824f7f46ce0b1757657179fb5957a6add5 /drivers/char/hw_random | |
parent | 994c0e992522c123298b4a91b72f5e67ba2d1123 (diff) | |
parent | 8535639810e578960233ad39def3ac2157b0c3ec (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://github.com/richardweinberger/linux
* 'for-linus' of git://github.com/richardweinberger/linux: (90 commits)
um: fix ubd cow size
um: Fix kmalloc argument order in um/vdso/vma.c
um: switch to use of drivers/Kconfig
UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt: fix a typo
UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt: remove ^H characters
um: we need sys/user.h only on i386
um: merge delay_{32,64}.c
um: distribute exports to where exported stuff is defined
um: kill system-um.h
um: generic ftrace.h will do...
um: segment.h is x86-only and needed only there
um: asm/pda.h is not needed anymore
um: hw_irq.h can go generic as well
um: switch to generic-y
um: clean Kconfig up a bit
um: a couple of missing dependencies...
um: kill useless argument of free_chan() and free_one_chan()
um: unify ptrace_user.h
um: unify KSTK_...
um: fix gcov build breakage
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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/hw_random')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig b/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig index e0135873ba9d..0689bf6b0183 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig @@ -235,3 +235,18 @@ config HW_RANDOM_PPC4XX module will be called ppc4xx-rng. If unsure, say N. + +config UML_RANDOM + depends on UML + tristate "Hardware random number generator" + help + This option enables UML's "hardware" random number generator. It + attaches itself to the host's /dev/random, supplying as much entropy + as the host has, rather than the small amount the UML gets from its + own drivers. It registers itself as a standard hardware random number + generator, major 10, minor 183, and the canonical device name is + /dev/hwrng. + The way to make use of this is to install the rng-tools package + (check your distro, or download from + http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/). rngd periodically reads + /dev/hwrng and injects the entropy into /dev/random. |