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authorTony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>2015-11-12 09:58:21 -0800
committerTony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>2015-11-12 09:58:21 -0800
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Merge branch 'x15-audio-fixes' into omap-for-v4.4/fixes
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Introduction:
The hw_random framework is software that makes use of a
special hardware feature on your CPU or motherboard,
a Random Number Generator (RNG). The software has two parts:
- a core providing the /dev/hw_random character device and its
+ a core providing the /dev/hwrng character device and its
sysfs support, plus a hardware-specific driver that plugs
into that core.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Introduction:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/
- Those tools use /dev/hw_random to fill the kernel entropy pool,
+ Those tools use /dev/hwrng to fill the kernel entropy pool,
which is used internally and exported by the /dev/urandom and
/dev/random special files.
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ Theory of operation:
The rng-tools package uses such tests in "rngd", and lets you
run them by hand with a "rngtest" utility.
- /dev/hw_random is char device major 10, minor 183.
+ /dev/hwrng is char device major 10, minor 183.
CLASS DEVICE. There is a /sys/class/misc/hw_random node with
two unique attributes, "rng_available" and "rng_current". The
"rng_available" attribute lists the hardware-specific drivers
available, while "rng_current" lists the one which is currently
- connected to /dev/hw_random. If your system has more than one
+ connected to /dev/hwrng. If your system has more than one
RNG available, you may change the one used by writing a name from
the list in "rng_available" into "rng_current".