[PATCH 1/1] efi_loader: EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL

Sughosh Ganu sughosh.ganu at linaro.org
Tue Feb 18 11:26:10 CET 2020


On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 at 04:04, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
wrote:

> Do not use quotation marks for Kconfig help text.
> Replace rng abbreviation by full words.
>
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
> ---
>  lib/efi_loader/Kconfig | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig b/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig
> index a7afa3f29e..84a4a35d80 100644
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig
> @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ config EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL
>         bool "EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL support"
>         depends on DM_RNG
>         help
> -         "Support for EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL implementation. Uses the rng
> -          device on the platform"
> +         Provide a EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL implementation using the hardware
> random
> +         number generator of the platform.
>

Should we mention the word hardware in the sentence. Can it simply be
stated as "random number generator". I know that the existing sentence too
uses "rng device" which has hardware connotations. But the protocol can
also be used with a pseudo random number generator as well.

-sughosh


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