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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/hw_random.h | 3 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c index aaf9e5afaad4..95be7228f327 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c @@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ static unsigned short default_quality; /* = 0; default to "off" */ module_param(current_quality, ushort, 0644); MODULE_PARM_DESC(current_quality, - "current hwrng entropy estimation per mill"); + "current hwrng entropy estimation per 1024 bits of input"); module_param(default_quality, ushort, 0644); MODULE_PARM_DESC(default_quality, - "default entropy content of hwrng per mill"); + "default entropy content of hwrng per 1024 bits of input"); static void drop_current_rng(void); static int hwrng_init(struct hwrng *rng); diff --git a/include/linux/hw_random.h b/include/linux/hw_random.h index bee0827766a3..c0b93e0ff0c0 100644 --- a/include/linux/hw_random.h +++ b/include/linux/hw_random.h @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ * and max is a multiple of 4 and >= 32 bytes. * @priv: Private data, for use by the RNG driver. * @quality: Estimation of true entropy in RNG's bitstream - * (per mill). + * (in bits of entropy per 1024 bits of input; + * valid values: 1 to 1024, or 0 for unknown). */ struct hwrng { const char *name; |