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diff --git a/share/man/man4/bcmirng.4 b/share/man/man4/bcmirng.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..05e18535ff4 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/bcmirng.4 @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: bcmirng.4,v 1.1 2020/04/19 16:06:48 kettenis Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2020 Mark Kettenis <kettenis@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 19 2020 $ +.Dt BCMIRNG 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm bcmirng +.Nd Broadcom RNG200 random number generator +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "bcmirng* at fdt?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the RNG200 random number generator found +on the Broadcom BCM2711 SoC. +.Pp +It feeds the random subsystem's entropy pool with up to 128 bits of +random data every second. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr random 4 , +.Xr arc4random 9 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 6.7 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Mark Kettenis Mt kettenis@openbsd.org . |