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[PATCH 2/7] Two new CONFIG options for the random(4) driver

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Signed-off-by: Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com>
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 drivers/char/Kconfig | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index a043107..0e0e6b5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -603,5 +603,28 @@ config TILE_SROM
 
 source "drivers/char/xillybus/Kconfig"
 
+
+config RANDOM_INIT
+	bool "Initialise random(4) pools with random data (NEW)"
+	default n
+	help
+	  Use /dev/urandom on development machine to set
+	  up pools, different for each compile.
+	  Compiles scripts/gen_random_init.c
+	  Creates include/generated/random_init.h
+
+config RANDOM_GCM
+	bool "modified random(4) driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on RANDOM_INIT
+	default n
+	help
+	  New version using the hash from AES-GCM.
+	  Main goal decoupling so that heavy use of
+	  /dev/urandom cannot deplete entropy for
+	  /dev/random.
+	  Should not be used in production before much
+	  more analysis and testing is done.
+	  When in doubt, say "N".
+
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2.5.0

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[PATCH 1/7] A couple of generated files Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 15:40 +0100
  [PATCH 3/7] Initialise pools randomly if CONFIG_RANDOM_INIT=y Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 15:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 3/7] Initialise pools randomly if CONFIG_RANDOM_INIT=y Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net> - 2015-11-07 18:20 +0100
  [PATCH 7/7] Create generated/random_init.h, used by random driver Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 15:40 +0100
  [PATCH 2/7] Two new CONFIG options for the random(4) driver Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 15:40 +0100
  [PATCH 6/7] Produces generated/random_init.h for random driver Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 15:40 +0100
  [PATCH 5/7] Conditionals for CONFIG_RANDOM_INIT and CONFIG_RANDOM_GCM Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 15:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/7] A couple of generated files Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net> - 2015-11-07 18:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/7] A couple of generated files Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 20:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/7] A couple of generated files Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net> - 2015-11-07 18:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/7] A couple of generated files Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 19:00 +0100

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