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AMD-Xilinx Versal TRNG Driver Queued Ahead Of Linux 6.18

([AMD] 26 Minutes Ago True RNG)


A new AMD driver set to be introduced in the upcoming Linux 6.18 kernel cycle barring any last minute problems is a TRNG driver for Versal SoCs.

The AMD Versal Adaptive SoCs that serve a variety of use-cases and stem from their Xilinx acquisition will now have a true random number generator (TRNG) driver for the mainline kernel. The 400 some lines of C code provide a true RNG driver for AMD-Xilinx Versal SoCs with both true RNG and pseudo RNG capabilities.

The Versal TRNG driver is [1]queued within the cryptodev Git tree. Thus as long as no issues come up in the next few weeks or Linus Torvalds has any critiques around the code, this "xiling-trng" driver should premiere in the Linux 6.18 kernel. THe Linux 6.18 merge window is expected to happen during early October.



[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/cryptodev-2.6.git/commit/?id=8979744aca8096ee5072798dfc1181606919b35d


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Then we have them for a meal (...)

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