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Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwrng: bcm2835: set quality to 1000
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To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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Hi Herbert,

> El 3 mar 2021, a las 10:20, Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> =
escribi=C3=B3:
>=20
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 08:12:45PM +0100, =C3=81lvaro Fern=C3=A1ndez =
Rojas wrote:
>>=20
>> I ran rngtest and this is what I got:
>=20
> This is meaningless except for sources that have not been whitened.
>=20
> Your justification needs to be based on what the hardware does or
> is documented to do.

Ok, so I guess that we=E2=80=99re never setting that value to anything =
since there=E2=80=99s no public documentation about that =C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84=
)_/=C2=AF.

>=20
> Thanks,
> --=20
> Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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Best regards,
=C3=81lvaro.=