[PATCH 4/8] rng: add Microchip PolarFire SoC hardware RNG driver
Jamie Gibbons
jamie.gibbons at microchip.com
Thu Jun 25 14:23:21 CEST 2026
Add a U-Boot RNG driver for Microchip's PolarFire SoC (MPFS). The
hardware RNG is accessed indirectly via the MPFS system controller using
the mailbox interface.
The driver implements the UCLASS_RNG interface, requesting random data
from the system controller and returning it to the caller.
This allows use of the PolarFire SoC hardware RNG via the
standard 'rng' command and DM RNG API.
Signed-off-by: Jamie Gibbons <jamie.gibbons at microchip.com>
---
configs/microchip_mpfs_generic_defconfig | 1 +
drivers/rng/Kconfig | 7 ++
drivers/rng/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/rng/mpfs_rng.c | 106 +++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 115 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 drivers/rng/mpfs_rng.c
diff --git a/configs/microchip_mpfs_generic_defconfig b/configs/microchip_mpfs_generic_defconfig
index 973ed09fa87..66acaad7e9b 100644
--- a/configs/microchip_mpfs_generic_defconfig
+++ b/configs/microchip_mpfs_generic_defconfig
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ CONFIG_ENV_RELOC_GD_ENV_ADDR=y
CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME=y
CONFIG_DM_MTD=y
CONFIG_SYSRESET=y
+CONFIG_DM_RNG=y
diff --git a/drivers/rng/Kconfig b/drivers/rng/Kconfig
index 19b2b707677..856ffda2f5e 100644
--- a/drivers/rng/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rng/Kconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ config RNG_MESON
Enable support for hardware random number generator
of Amlogic Meson SoCs.
+config RNG_MPFS
+ tristate "Microchip PolarFire SoC Random Number Generator support"
+ depends on DM_RNG && MPFS_SYSCONTROLLER
+ help
+ Enable support for hardware random number generator
+ of Microchip's PolarFire SoCs.
+
config RNG_SANDBOX
bool "Sandbox random number generator"
depends on SANDBOX
diff --git a/drivers/rng/Makefile b/drivers/rng/Makefile
index 30c58272d41..50622d4705f 100644
--- a/drivers/rng/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/rng/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
obj-$(CONFIG_$(PHASE_)DM_RNG) += rng-uclass.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RNG_MESON) += meson-rng.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_RNG_MPFS) += mpfs_rng.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RNG_SANDBOX) += sandbox_rng.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RNG_MSM) += msm_rng.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RNG_NPCM) += npcm_rng.o
diff --git a/drivers/rng/mpfs_rng.c b/drivers/rng/mpfs_rng.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61bd520d8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/rng/mpfs_rng.c
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Microchip's PolarFire SoC (MPFS) System Controller Driver
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Microchip Technology Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Author: Jamie Gibbons <jamie.gibbons at microchip.com>
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <dm/device.h>
+#include <dm/device_compat.h>
+#include <dm/devres.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <mailbox.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <mpfs-mailbox.h>
+#include <rng.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define CMD_OPCODE 0x21
+#define CMD_DATA_SIZE 0U
+#define CMD_DATA NULL
+#define MBOX_OFFSET 0U
+#define RESP_OFFSET 0U
+#define RNG_RESP_BYTES 32U
+
+/**
+ * struct mpfs_rng_priv - Structure representing System Controller data.
+ * @mpfs_syscontroller_priv: System Controller
+ */
+struct mpfs_rng_priv {
+ struct mpfs_syscontroller_priv *sys_controller;
+};
+
+static int mpfs_rng_read(struct udevice *dev, void *data, size_t len)
+{
+ struct mpfs_rng_priv *rng_priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+ u32 response_msg[RNG_RESP_BYTES / sizeof(u32)];
+ size_t count = 0, copy_size;
+ int ret;
+
+ struct mpfs_mss_response response = {
+ .resp_status = 0U,
+ .resp_msg = (u32*)response_msg,
+ .resp_size = RNG_RESP_BYTES,
+ };
+ struct mpfs_mss_msg msg = {
+ .cmd_opcode = CMD_OPCODE,
+ .cmd_data_size = CMD_DATA_SIZE,
+ .response = &response,
+ .cmd_data = CMD_DATA,
+ .mbox_offset = MBOX_OFFSET,
+ .resp_offset = RESP_OFFSET,
+ };
+
+ while (count < len) {
+ ret = mpfs_syscontroller_run_service(rng_priv->sys_controller, &msg);
+ if (ret == -EBUSY)
+ return 0;
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = mpfs_syscontroller_recv_response(rng_priv->sys_controller, &msg, 1000);
+ if (ret == -EBUSY)
+ return 0;
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ copy_size = (len - count > RNG_RESP_BYTES) ? RNG_RESP_BYTES : (len - count);
+ memcpy((u8 *)data + count, response_msg, copy_size);
+ count += copy_size;
+ }
+
+ return len;
+}
+
+static int mpfs_rng_probe(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+ struct mpfs_rng_priv *rng_priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+ rng_priv->sys_controller = mpfs_syscontroller_get(dev->parent);
+ if (IS_ERR(rng_priv->sys_controller)) {
+ dev_err(dev, "Failed to get system controller\n");
+ return PTR_ERR(rng_priv->sys_controller);
+ }
+
+ dev_info(dev, "Registered MPFS hwrng\n");
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct dm_rng_ops mpfs_rng_ops = {
+ .read = mpfs_rng_read,
+};
+
+U_BOOT_DRIVER(mpfs_rng) = {
+ .name = "mpfs_rng",
+ .id = UCLASS_RNG,
+ .probe = mpfs_rng_probe,
+ .priv_auto = sizeof(struct mpfs_rng_priv),
+ .ops = &mpfs_rng_ops,
+};
--
2.43.0
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