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Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 2/3] hwrng: starfive - Add TRNG driver for StarFive SoC
Thread-Topic: [PATCH v2 2/3] hwrng: starfive - Add TRNG driver for StarFive
 SoC
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Date:   Mon, 9 Jan 2023 03:41:14 +0000
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
> Sent: 9 January, 2023 11:04 AM
> To: JiaJie Ho <jiajie.ho@starfivetech.com>
> Cc: Olivia Mackall <olivia@selenic.com>; Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>;
> Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>; Emil Renner
> Berthing <kernel@esmil.dk>; Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>;
> linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org; devicetree@vger.kernel.org; linux-
> kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] hwrng: starfive - Add TRNG driver for StarFive
> SoC
> 
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 02:58:14AM +0000, JiaJie Ho wrote:
> >
> > My trng device requires sending a generate new number cmd before each
> read.
> > It then only populates the data registers with new random number and
> raise an interrupt when ready.
> > If user choose to not wait, they will always get stale bits.
> > Is it okay to always return error if wait=false ?
> 
> What is the length of the wait time? Is there an upper bound?
> What is the average wait time?
> 

The average wait time is around 20 microseconds.
I measured from writel cmd to wait_for_completion done.

Thanks
Jia Jie