linux-stable/include/linux/hw_random.h
Michael Buesch 844dd05fec [PATCH] Add new generic HW RNG core
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26 09:58:19 -07:00

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/*
Hardware Random Number Generator
Please read Documentation/hw_random.txt for details on use.
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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 <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
/**
* 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_ */