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Michael Buesch844dd052006-06-26 00:24:59 -07001/*
2 Hardware Random Number Generator
3
4 Please read Documentation/hw_random.txt for details on use.
5
6 ----------------------------------------------------------
7 This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
8 of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
9
10 */
11
12#ifndef LINUX_HWRANDOM_H_
13#define LINUX_HWRANDOM_H_
Michael Buesch844dd052006-06-26 00:24:59 -070014
15#include <linux/types.h>
16#include <linux/list.h>
17
18/**
19 * struct hwrng - Hardware Random Number Generator driver
20 * @name: Unique RNG name.
21 * @init: Initialization callback (can be NULL).
22 * @cleanup: Cleanup callback (can be NULL).
23 * @data_present: Callback to determine if data is available
24 * on the RNG. If NULL, it is assumed that
25 * there is always data available.
26 * @data_read: Read data from the RNG device.
27 * Returns the number of lower random bytes in "data".
28 * Must not be NULL.
29 * @priv: Private data, for use by the RNG driver.
30 */
31struct hwrng {
32 const char *name;
33 int (*init)(struct hwrng *rng);
34 void (*cleanup)(struct hwrng *rng);
Patrick McHardy984e9762007-11-21 12:24:45 +080035 int (*data_present)(struct hwrng *rng, int wait);
Michael Buesch844dd052006-06-26 00:24:59 -070036 int (*data_read)(struct hwrng *rng, u32 *data);
37 unsigned long priv;
38
39 /* internal. */
40 struct list_head list;
41};
42
43/** Register a new Hardware Random Number Generator driver. */
44extern int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng);
45/** Unregister a Hardware Random Number Generator driver. */
Rafael J. Wysockib844eba2008-03-23 20:28:24 +010046extern void hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng);
Michael Buesch844dd052006-06-26 00:24:59 -070047
Michael Buesch844dd052006-06-26 00:24:59 -070048#endif /* LINUX_HWRANDOM_H_ */