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1#
2# Hardware Random Number Generator (RNG) configuration
3#
4
5config HW_RANDOM
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6 tristate "Hardware Random Number Generator Core support"
7 default m
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8 ---help---
9 Hardware Random Number Generator Core infrastructure.
10
fed806f4 11 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
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12 module will be called rng-core. This provides a device
13 that's usually called /dev/hw_random, and which exposes one
14 of possibly several hardware random number generators.
15
16 These hardware random number generators do not feed directly
17 into the kernel's random number generator. That is usually
18 handled by the "rngd" daemon. Documentation/hw_random.txt
19 has more information.
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844dd05f 21 If unsure, say Y.
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23config HW_RANDOM_TIMERIOMEM
24 tristate "Timer IOMEM HW Random Number Generator support"
e88cd6ff 25 depends on HW_RANDOM && HAS_IOMEM
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26 ---help---
27 This driver provides kernel-side support for a generic Random
28 Number Generator used by reading a 'dumb' iomem address that
29 is to be read no faster than, for example, once a second;
30 the default FPGA bitstream on the TS-7800 has such functionality.
31
32 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
33 module will be called timeriomem-rng.
34
35 If unsure, say Y.
36
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37config HW_RANDOM_INTEL
38 tristate "Intel HW Random Number Generator support"
39 depends on HW_RANDOM && (X86 || IA64) && PCI
fed806f4 40 default HW_RANDOM
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41 ---help---
42 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
43 Generator hardware found on Intel i8xx-based motherboards.
44
45 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
46 module will be called intel-rng.
47
48 If unsure, say Y.
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49
50config HW_RANDOM_AMD
51 tristate "AMD HW Random Number Generator support"
3023b5b6 52 depends on HW_RANDOM && (X86 || PPC_MAPLE) && PCI
fed806f4 53 default HW_RANDOM
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54 ---help---
55 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
56 Generator hardware found on AMD 76x-based motherboards.
57
58 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
59 module will be called amd-rng.
60
61 If unsure, say Y.
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63config HW_RANDOM_ATMEL
64 tristate "Atmel Random Number Generator support"
1234f4ba 65 depends on HW_RANDOM && HAVE_CLK
028fdd87 66 default (HW_RANDOM && ARCH_AT91)
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67 ---help---
68 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
69 Generator hardware found on Atmel AT91 devices.
70
71 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
72 module will be called atmel-rng.
73
74 If unsure, say Y.
75
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76config HW_RANDOM_BCM63XX
77 tristate "Broadcom BCM63xx Random Number Generator support"
78 depends on HW_RANDOM && BCM63XX
79 default HW_RANDOM
80 ---help---
81 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
82 Generator hardware found on the Broadcom BCM63xx SoCs.
83
84 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
85 module will be called bcm63xx-rng
86
87 If unusure, say Y.
88
89
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90config HW_RANDOM_GEODE
91 tristate "AMD Geode HW Random Number Generator support"
e199ece4 92 depends on HW_RANDOM && X86_32 && PCI
fed806f4 93 default HW_RANDOM
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94 ---help---
95 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
96 Generator hardware found on the AMD Geode LX.
97
98 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
99 module will be called geode-rng.
100
101 If unsure, say Y.
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103config HW_RANDOM_N2RNG
104 tristate "Niagara2 Random Number Generator support"
105 depends on HW_RANDOM && SPARC64
106 default HW_RANDOM
107 ---help---
108 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
109 Generator hardware found on Niagara2 cpus.
110
111 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
112 module will be called n2-rng.
113
114 If unsure, say Y.
115
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116config HW_RANDOM_VIA
117 tristate "VIA HW Random Number Generator support"
e9736c16 118 depends on HW_RANDOM && X86
fed806f4 119 default HW_RANDOM
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120 ---help---
121 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
122 Generator hardware found on VIA based motherboards.
123
124 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
125 module will be called via-rng.
126
127 If unsure, say Y.
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128
129config HW_RANDOM_IXP4XX
553da857 130 tristate "Intel IXP4xx NPU HW Pseudo-Random Number Generator support"
d7174bcb 131 depends on HW_RANDOM && ARCH_IXP4XX
fed806f4 132 default HW_RANDOM
d7174bcb 133 ---help---
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134 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Pseudo-Random
135 Number Generator hardware found on the Intel IXP45x/46x NPU.
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136
137 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
138 module will be called ixp4xx-rng.
139
140 If unsure, say Y.
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141
142config HW_RANDOM_OMAP
143 tristate "OMAP Random Number Generator support"
088ef950 144 depends on HW_RANDOM && (ARCH_OMAP16XX || ARCH_OMAP2)
fed806f4 145 default HW_RANDOM
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146 ---help---
147 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
148 Generator hardware found on OMAP16xx and OMAP24xx multimedia
149 processors.
150
151 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
152 module will be called omap-rng.
153
154 If unsure, say Y.
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156config HW_RANDOM_OCTEON
157 tristate "Octeon Random Number Generator support"
158 depends on HW_RANDOM && CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON
159 default HW_RANDOM
160 ---help---
161 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
162 Generator hardware found on Octeon processors.
163
164 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
165 module will be called octeon-rng.
166
167 If unsure, say Y.
168
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169config HW_RANDOM_PASEMI
170 tristate "PA Semi HW Random Number Generator support"
171 depends on HW_RANDOM && PPC_PASEMI
172 default HW_RANDOM
173 ---help---
174 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
0d08a847 175 Generator hardware found on PA Semi PWRficient SoCs.
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176
177 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
178 module will be called pasemi-rng.
179
180 If unsure, say Y.
181
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182config HW_RANDOM_VIRTIO
183 tristate "VirtIO Random Number Generator support"
184 depends on HW_RANDOM && VIRTIO
185 ---help---
186 This driver provides kernel-side support for the virtual Random Number
187 Generator hardware.
188
189 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
190 module will be called virtio-rng. If unsure, say N.
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192config HW_RANDOM_TX4939
193 tristate "TX4939 Random Number Generator support"
194 depends on HW_RANDOM && SOC_TX4939
195 default HW_RANDOM
196 ---help---
197 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
198 Generator hardware found on TX4939 SoC.
199
200 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
201 module will be called tx4939-rng.
202
203 If unsure, say Y.
204
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205config HW_RANDOM_MXC_RNGA
206 tristate "Freescale i.MX RNGA Random Number Generator"
207 depends on HW_RANDOM && ARCH_HAS_RNGA
208 ---help---
209 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
210 Generator hardware found on Freescale i.MX processors.
211
212 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
213 module will be called mxc-rnga.
214
215 If unsure, say Y.
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216
217config HW_RANDOM_NOMADIK
218 tristate "ST-Ericsson Nomadik Random Number Generator support"
219 depends on HW_RANDOM && PLAT_NOMADIK
220 ---help---
221 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
222 Generator hardware found on ST-Ericsson SoCs (8815 and 8500).
223
224 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
225 module will be called nomadik-rng.
226
227 If unsure, say Y.
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228
229config HW_RANDOM_PICOXCELL
230 tristate "Picochip picoXcell true random number generator support"
231 depends on HW_RANDOM && ARCH_PICOXCELL && PICOXCELL_PC3X3
232 ---help---
233 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
234 Generator hardware found on Picochip PC3x3 and later devices.
235
236 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
237 module will be called picoxcell-rng.
238
239 If unsure, say Y.
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240
241config HW_RANDOM_PPC4XX
242 tristate "PowerPC 4xx generic true random number generator support"
243 depends on HW_RANDOM && PPC && 4xx
244 ---help---
245 This driver provides the kernel-side support for the TRNG hardware
246 found in the security function of some PowerPC 4xx SoCs.
247
248 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
249 module will be called ppc4xx-rng.
250
251 If unsure, say N.
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252
253config UML_RANDOM
254 depends on UML
255 tristate "Hardware random number generator"
256 help
257 This option enables UML's "hardware" random number generator. It
258 attaches itself to the host's /dev/random, supplying as much entropy
259 as the host has, rather than the small amount the UML gets from its
260 own drivers. It registers itself as a standard hardware random number
261 generator, major 10, minor 183, and the canonical device name is
262 /dev/hwrng.
263 The way to make use of this is to install the rng-tools package
264 (check your distro, or download from
265 http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/). rngd periodically reads
266 /dev/hwrng and injects the entropy into /dev/random.
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267
268config HW_RANDOM_PSERIES
269 tristate "pSeries HW Random Number Generator support"
270 depends on HW_RANDOM && PPC64 && IBMVIO
271 default HW_RANDOM
272 ---help---
273 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
274 Generator hardware found on POWER7+ machines and above
275
276 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
277 module will be called pseries-rng.
278
279 If unsure, say Y.
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280
281config HW_RANDOM_EXYNOS
282 tristate "EXYNOS HW random number generator support"
283 depends on HW_RANDOM && HAS_IOMEM && HAVE_CLK
284 ---help---
285 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
286 Generator hardware found on EXYNOS SOCs.
287
288 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
289 module will be called exynos-rng.
290
291 If unsure, say Y.
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292
293config HW_RANDOM_TPM
294 tristate "TPM HW Random Number Generator support"
295 depends on HW_RANDOM && TCG_TPM
296 default HW_RANDOM
297 ---help---
298 This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
299 Generator in the Trusted Platform Module
300
301 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
302 module will be called tpm-rng.
303
304 If unsure, say Y.
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