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    hwrng: bcm2835 - add reset support · e5f9f41d
    Álvaro Fernández Rojas authored
    BCM6368 devices need to reset the IPSEC controller in order to generate true
    random numbers.
    
    This is what BCM6368 produces without a reset:
    root@OpenWrt:/# cat /dev/hwrng | rngtest -c 1000
    rngtest 6.10
    Copyright (c) 2004 by Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
    
    rngtest: starting FIPS tests...
    rngtest: bits received from input: 20000032
    rngtest: FIPS 140-2 successes: 0
    rngtest: FIPS 140-2 failures: 1000
    rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Monobit: 2
    rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Poker: 1000
    rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Runs: 1000
    rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Long run: 30
    rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Continuous run: 0
    rngtest: input channel speed: (min=37.253; avg=320.827; max=635.783)Mibits/s
    rngtest: FIPS tests speed: (min=12.141; avg=15.034; max=16.428)Mibits/s
    rngtest: Program run time: 1336176 microseconds
    Signed-off-by: default avatarÁlvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@gmail.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarPhilipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>
    Acked-by: default avatarFlorian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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