Is the A64’s true hardware random generator activated in Mobian’s 5.10 kernel build?

Is the A64’s true hardware random generator activated in Mobian’s 5.10 kernel build? - Printable Version

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Is the A64’s true hardware random generator activated in Mobian’s 5.10 kernel build? - LibrePhoneUser - 01-16-2021

The 5.10 kernel release brought support for the Pinephone A64 processor’s true hardware random number generator under the sun8i-ce module. However, even after I load the module I am not getting a working /dev/hwrng.

The patch adding this support to the 5.10 kernel provides a new kernel option that must be activated before building the kernel:

Code:
+config CRYPTO_DEV_SUN8I_CE_TRNG

+    bool "Support for Allwinner Crypto Engine TRNG"

+    depends on CRYPTO_DEV_SUN8I_CE

+    select HW_RANDOM

+    help

+      Select this option if you want to provide kernel-side support for

+      the True Random Number Generator found in the Crypto Engine.

Is this option selected in Mobian's kernel build? If not, could I request that it be activated?

RE: Is the A64’s true hardware random generator activated in Mobian’s 5.10 kernel build? - evilbunny - 01-16-2021

You may need to file this on the mobian bug tracker

RE: Is the A64’s true hardware random generator activated in Mobian’s 5.10 kernel build? - Maus - 01-17-2021

(01-16-2021, 02:16 PM)LibrePhoneUser Wrote:
Code:
+config CRYPTO_DEV_SUN8I_CE_TRNG + bool "Support for Allwinner Crypto Engine TRNG" + depends on CRYPTO_DEV_SUN8I_CE + select HW_RANDOM + help + Select this option if you want to provide kernel-side support for + the True Random Number Generator found in the Crypto Engine.

Is this option selected in Mobian's kernel build? If not, could I request that it be activated?

No, Mobian stock kernel does not have this set. You can easily find out for yourself:

Code:
mobian@pinephone:~$ zgrep SUN8I_CE /proc/config.gz

CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_SUN8I_CE=m

CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_SUN8I_CE_DEBUG=y

# CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_SUN8I_CE_HASH is not set

# CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_SUN8I_CE_PRNG is not set

# CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_SUN8I_CE_TRNG is not set

RE: Is the A64’s true hardware random generator activated in Mobian’s 5.10 kernel build? - LibrePhoneUser - 01-17-2021

Thanks, I have filed a bug on the Mobian tracker. Sorry that I forgot all about /proc/config to see what kernel options had been selected at build time.