linux/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
David Brownell 537878d2c9 hw_random doc updates
Update documentation for the hw_random support to be current:

 - Documentation/hw_random.txt has been updated to reflect the
   current code:  it's a framework now, a "core" with a small
   sysfs interface, that hardware-specific drivers plug in to.
   Text specific to Intel hardware is now at the end.

 - Kconfig now references the Documentation/hw_random.txt file
   and better explains what this really does.

Both chunks of documentation now higlight the fact that the kernel entropy
pool is maintained by "rngd", and this driver has nothing directly to do with
that important task.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-03-24 19:22:19 -07:00

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# Hardware Random Number Generator (RNG) configuration
#
config HW_RANDOM
tristate "Hardware Random Number Generator Core support"
default m
---help---
Hardware Random Number Generator Core infrastructure.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called rng-core. This provides a device
that's usually called /dev/hw_random, and which exposes one
of possibly several hardware random number generators.
These hardware random number generators do not feed directly
into the kernel's random number generator. That is usually
handled by the "rngd" daemon. Documentation/hw_random.txt
has more information.
If unsure, say Y.
config HW_RANDOM_INTEL
tristate "Intel HW Random Number Generator support"
depends on HW_RANDOM && (X86 || IA64) && PCI
default HW_RANDOM
---help---
This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
Generator hardware found on Intel i8xx-based motherboards.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called intel-rng.
If unsure, say Y.
config HW_RANDOM_AMD
tristate "AMD HW Random Number Generator support"
depends on HW_RANDOM && X86 && PCI
default HW_RANDOM
---help---
This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
Generator hardware found on AMD 76x-based motherboards.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called amd-rng.
If unsure, say Y.
config HW_RANDOM_GEODE
tristate "AMD Geode HW Random Number Generator support"
depends on HW_RANDOM && X86_32 && PCI
default HW_RANDOM
---help---
This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
Generator hardware found on the AMD Geode LX.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called geode-rng.
If unsure, say Y.
config HW_RANDOM_VIA
tristate "VIA HW Random Number Generator support"
depends on HW_RANDOM && X86_32
default HW_RANDOM
---help---
This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
Generator hardware found on VIA based motherboards.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called via-rng.
If unsure, say Y.
config HW_RANDOM_IXP4XX
tristate "Intel IXP4xx NPU HW Random Number Generator support"
depends on HW_RANDOM && ARCH_IXP4XX
default HW_RANDOM
---help---
This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random
Number Generator hardware found on the Intel IXP4xx NPU.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called ixp4xx-rng.
If unsure, say Y.
config HW_RANDOM_OMAP
tristate "OMAP Random Number Generator support"
depends on HW_RANDOM && (ARCH_OMAP16XX || ARCH_OMAP24XX)
default HW_RANDOM
---help---
This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
Generator hardware found on OMAP16xx and OMAP24xx multimedia
processors.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called omap-rng.
If unsure, say Y.
config HW_RANDOM_PASEMI
tristate "PA Semi HW Random Number Generator support"
depends on HW_RANDOM && PPC_PASEMI
default HW_RANDOM
---help---
This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
Generator hardware found on PA Semi PWRficient SoCs.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called pasemi-rng.
If unsure, say Y.