From 844dd05fec172d98b0dacecd9b9e9f6595204c13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Buesch Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:24:59 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add new generic HW RNG core Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch Cc: Jeff Garzik Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/hw_random.h | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+) create mode 100644 include/linux/hw_random.h (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/hw_random.h b/include/linux/hw_random.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..21ea7610e177 --- /dev/null +++ b/include/linux/hw_random.h @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +/* + Hardware Random Number Generator + + Please read Documentation/hw_random.txt for details on use. + + ---------------------------------------------------------- + This software may be used and distributed according to the terms + of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference. + + */ + +#ifndef LINUX_HWRANDOM_H_ +#define LINUX_HWRANDOM_H_ +#ifdef __KERNEL__ + +#include +#include + +/** + * struct hwrng - Hardware Random Number Generator driver + * @name: Unique RNG name. + * @init: Initialization callback (can be NULL). + * @cleanup: Cleanup callback (can be NULL). + * @data_present: Callback to determine if data is available + * on the RNG. If NULL, it is assumed that + * there is always data available. + * @data_read: Read data from the RNG device. + * Returns the number of lower random bytes in "data". + * Must not be NULL. + * @priv: Private data, for use by the RNG driver. + */ +struct hwrng { + const char *name; + int (*init)(struct hwrng *rng); + void (*cleanup)(struct hwrng *rng); + int (*data_present)(struct hwrng *rng); + int (*data_read)(struct hwrng *rng, u32 *data); + unsigned long priv; + + /* internal. */ + struct list_head list; +}; + +/** Register a new Hardware Random Number Generator driver. */ +extern int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng); +/** Unregister a Hardware Random Number Generator driver. */ +extern void hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng); + +#endif /* __KERNEL__ */ +#endif /* LINUX_HWRANDOM_H_ */ -- cgit v1.2.3