[PATCH v5 8/9] doc: rng: Add documentation for the rng command
Sughosh Ganu
sughosh.ganu at linaro.org
Thu Mar 24 17:20:21 CET 2022
hi Heinrich,
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 at 20:19, Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org> wrote:
>
> Add a usage document for the 'rng' u-boot command.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> ---
>
> Changes since V4:
>
> * Reflect the fact that a maximum of 64 bytes can be read on each
> invocation of the 'rng' command
>
> doc/usage/index.rst | 1 +
> doc/usage/rng.rst | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 doc/usage/rng.rst
Can you please pick this up, as this has been reviewed and is not
related to the TPM RNG changes which are still under discussion.
Thanks.
-sughosh
>
> diff --git a/doc/usage/index.rst b/doc/usage/index.rst
> index 0aacf531b2..5712a924ae 100644
> --- a/doc/usage/index.rst
> +++ b/doc/usage/index.rst
> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Shell commands
> pstore
> qfw
> reset
> + rng
> sbi
> sf
> scp03
> diff --git a/doc/usage/rng.rst b/doc/usage/rng.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..1a352da41a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/usage/rng.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +
> +rng command
> +===========
> +
> +Synopsis
> +--------
> +
> +::
> +
> + rng [devnum [n]]
> +
> +Description
> +-----------
> +
> +The *rng* command reads the random number generator(RNG) device and
> +prints the random bytes read on the console. A maximum of 64 bytes can
> +be read in one invocation of the command.
> +
> +devnum
> + The RNG device from which the random bytes are to be
> + read. Defaults to 0.
> +
> +n
> + Number of random bytes to be read and displayed on the
> + console. Default value is 0x40. Max value is 0x40.
> --
> 2.25.1
>
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